Hyman Rickover and the Birth of Nuclear Power

For more than 70 years, nuclear power has propelled America’s silent service — attack submarinesstalking their prey from below, and the “boomers” that lurk undetected, ballistic missiles on alert, forming the most survivable leg of the U.S. nuclear triad. For nearly as long, nuclear aircraft carriers have spearheaded U.S. forward operations in peace and war.