MAPMAKERS TECHNOLOGY REFERENCE
Delta IV-Class SSBN
A Soviet/Russian nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submarine class designed for long-duration strategic deterrence patrols.
Ballistic-missile submarine class · Real-world system / fictional transferred boat · Entered service in 1984
Technical basis
Double-hull submarine architecture, nuclear propulsion, sixteen submarine-launched ballistic-missile tubes, torpedo armament, inertial navigation, acoustic quieting, and long-duration under-ice or open-ocean patrol capability.
Mapmakers configuration
The class is real. The specific submarine transferred into North Korean service under the series’ Geneva framework is fictional.
Series appearances
- The Divided Peninsula — Chapters Five, Seven, and Seventeen