Attack submarines are one of the major weapons the U.S. relies on to counter China’s military threat in the Pacific.
Submarines aren't usually considered luxurious, but South Korea plans to build subs with 'five-star' level accommodations for ...
A decade ago, a French nuclear attack submarine slipped through the layered defenses of a U.S. carrier strike group and ...
The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the Submarine Force’s newest fast attack submarine, the future USS Idaho, from General Dynamics Electric Boat on Monday in Groton, Conn., marking the second delivery ...
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) – Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division held the keel laying ceremony for the Virginia-class attack submarine Barb (SSN 804) Tuesday. “I am ...
KITTERY, Maine — The USS Washington, commissioned by the Navy nearly seven years ago, has docked at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard for scheduled maintenance and system upgrades, according to the nation’s ...
This month, a welder at a Virginia shipyard etched the keel plate of the USS Barb, the ceremonial birthing of a new submarine. The Virginia-class fast attack submarine joins hundreds of Navy subs ...
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The US Navy’s SSN(X) Submarine Program Is Slowly Sinking

The US Navy does not have the capacity to build the SSN(X) submarines at scale—but rather than acknowledging this, it has simply attempted to delay their completion dates.
They’re the caretakers of one of only five remaining diesel boats in the U.S. fleet, a boat that in many ways was the link ...