Big Red : Inside The Secret World of a Trident Nuclear Submarine

Taller in length than the Washington Monument, wider at its center than a three-lane highway, the 18,750-ton Trident nuclear submarine is the most complex war machine the United States Navy has ever produced: a 1.8 billion marvel crammed with more modern military technology than any other vessel in the world. Deep beneath the ocean it can sail for months, undetected by enemies. Granted more access to one of these awesome submarines than any journalist before, bestselling author Douglas C. Waller penetrates the silent, secret world of nuclear subs, taking you on a tension-packed, thr.