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Comparing naval threats in their own period

The threat posed by Dominion dreadnoughts or nuclear attack submarines depends on the date of the comparison.

Dominions Dreadnoughts Naval Balance Nuclear Submarines

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Question

Which would be more threatening, Canadian and Australian dreadnoughts or nuclear attack submarines?

Short answer

It depends on the period: nuclear attack submarines today, dreadnoughts in the 1920s.

Notes

Nuclear attack submarines are the stronger concern in a present-day comparison. Dreadnoughts would have been the more formidable acquisition in the 1920s.