The Deadly Reason Why Nuclear Missile Submarines Are Called "Boomers"
Sebastien Roblin
,The National Interest•February 24, 2020
Key Point: Boomers carry nuclear ballistic missiles that can travel vast distances to lay waste to enemy cities. They could kill millions and are the backbone of several countries' deterrence strategies.
Nine years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, IshirŠHonda’s Godzilla depicted a monster awakened from the depths of the ocean to wreak havoc on Japanese cities. A giant fire-breathing reptile, however, was less horrifying than what was to come. In less than a decade’s time, there would be dozens of real undersea beasts capable of destroying multiple cities at a time. I’m referring, of course, to ballistic-missile submarines, or “boomers†in U.S. Navy parlance.
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