Realised that most modern submarines (and some aircraft carriers) use nuclear power, but destroyers and frigates don’t. I don’t imagine it’s a size thing, so I’m not sure what else it could be.
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We *did* have nuclear surface combatants that weren’t carriers for a good part of the cold war, meant to escort nuclear carriers moving at high speed. Fantastic guided missile cruisers in the Virginia and California classes, to say nothing of my beloved *USS Long Beach,* the boxiest box that ever sailed the open seas. They were too expensive to maintain/refuel after the cold war ended, and modern COGAG systems like the four turbines on the Arleigh Burke class allow for sufficient hustle and range to keep up with a Nimitz.
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