Definition of Attack submarine

1. Noun. A military submarine designed and armed to attack enemy shipping.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Attack Submarine

attachment apparatus
attachment disorder
attachment sites
attachments
attacht
attaché case
attaché cases
attack
attack aircraft
attack aircraft carrier
attack au fer
attack dog
attack dogs
attack is the best form of defence
attack rate
attack submarine (current term)
attackable
attacked
attackee
attackees
attacker
attackers
attacking
attacking(a)
attacking midfielder
attacking zone
attacking zones
attacklike
attackman
attackmen

Literary usage of Attack submarine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Maintaining Budgetary Discipline: Spending and Revenue Options edited by Sherry Snyder (1999)
"It ordered three Seawolf class submarines in the late and and is procuring the Virginia class New attack submarine (NSSN) to be their lower-cost successor. ..."

2. Special Operations Forces: Roles And Missions In The Aftermath Of The Cold War by Wayne A. (FRW) Downing (1996)
"The New attack submarine now being designed at Electric Boat will be designed ... This New attack submarine will be built with an integral 9-man lock-out ..."

3. Attack Submarines: Alternatives for a More Affordable SSN Force Structure by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"Although no final decision has been made about which new attack submarine design will be built, the Navy expects it to be as quiet as the Seawolf but ..."

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