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 ...
BREMERTON, Wash. — The Navy officially has a new “backbone” of its submarine fleet that is bigger, faster, quieter, and has more endurance and firepower than the Vietnam War-era design it passed by in ...
During the Falklands War, the Argentine submarine ARA Santa Fe suddenly found itself under relentless attack from above ...
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 ...
The KSS-III submarine has a crew of 50, displaces 3,358 tons surfaced and 3,705 tons submerged and measures 274 feet long with a 31.5-foot beam. South Korea Ministry of Defense photo South Korea ...
GROTON, Conn. — The naval legacy of the Beehive State will live on in the USS Utah, a fast-attack submarine set to be christened on Saturday. Built at a cost of $3.5 billion, the Virginia-class ...
When it comes to nuclear submarines, the U.S. is the undisputed global leader, operating the majority of nuclear submarines in existence today. Besides the United States (which has nearly 70 nuclear ...
A Newsweek map shows where the United States has maintained a presence of nuclear-powered submarines across three island chains in the Pacific through deployments and port calls, as part of Washington ...
In September, a Norwegian submarine sank the decommissioned Norwegian frigate KNM Trondheim near the island of Senja, in the northern part of Norway. According to the NATO Allied Joint Force Command ...