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We know its nuclear powered, right? That narrows it down, a bit. Assuming it is nuclear-powered, its either a SSBN, SSGN, or SSN.
Soviet SSBNs (the kind that carry nuclear ballistic missiles) are super distinctive. The two major classes used during the late Cold War period are the Deltas and the Typhoons. The Deltas have a very distinct hump behind the conning tower. The Typhoons, on the other hand, have no hump, but are the widest sub class in the world.
An SSN is an attack submarine- they're multipurpose boats designed to hunt and kill other subs, and surface vessels. Many have limited land attack capabilities as well.
Size-wise, Soviet SSGNs (the kind that carry surface/land attack cruise missiles) are typically fall somewhere between an SSBN and an SSN. The Oscar class is pretty huge- long, and broad in the beam. The Charlie class doesn't look much different than its SSN contemporaries.
If whatever type of sub Nowak skippers was indeed based in Conakry at some point, that would make it more likely that it is an SSN.
I hope that wasn't too pedantic. I didn't want to just drop acronyms and assume everyone here knows what they mean.
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