> ..only a handful of numbers related to the nuclear power plant on each class of ship that actually need to be classified..
What do you actually mean by numbers in this context?
What do you actually mean by numbers in this context?
E.g. if you exactly know reactor XY was assigned to Z submarine, and you see it in the boneyard, you could assume Z was decommissioned. And if you are e.g. China you could estimate how many submarines are deployed in your vicinity.