Key Points and Summary - The Sturgeon-class (SSN-637) submarines were the U.S. Navy’s Cold War backbone: more than three dozen nuclear attack boats that shifted undersea warfare from diesel limits to ...
The keel was laid this week for the future USS Barb, the 31st Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine, as the Navy continues to transition away from dependence on the Cold War-era Los ...
A United States fast-attack submarine has joined the Pacific Fleet following refurbishment and modernization as the Pentagon faces growing naval challenges from its rival, China. U.S. Navy Rear ...
To find replacement parts when something fails unexpectedly, the Navy has sometimes had to "cannibalize" other submarines.
Nuclear submarines are a key deterrent. Consequently, it is no surprise that major global powers continue to invest heavily in the expansion and modernization of their submarine fleets. According to ...
The Navy plans to spend up to $250 million to extend and modernize a pier at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor to serve new ballistic missile and attack submarines coming into the fleet in the next decade. The ...
South Korea's government has announced that it has finalised an agreement to build nuclear-powered submarines in partnership with the United States. The US has approved the "attack submarines" and ...
Security measures around the Russian Black Sea Fleet base within the port of Novorossiysk, and Ukrainian technology and tactics, have come into focus following ...