A new generation of nuclear attack submarines is transforming undersea warfare. -This piece profiles the five standout designs: America’s Virginia-class with its missile-packed Virginia Payload Module ...

Last month, the Navy conducted four scheduled test launches of unarmed Trident II D5 missiles from an Ohio-class submarine off Florida’s east coast. Some observers read the timing as quiet signaling ...

The U.S. Navy has officially taken delivery of the Virginia-class attack submarine USS Massachusetts (SSN-798) from HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding, the 25th boat in the class. -Now entering trials ...

Many countries want nuclear submarines for national prestige rather than for security needs. But South Korea is ...

The extreme quietness of the Seawolf class gave the Navy the idea of modifying the last submarine, USS Jimmy Carter, to support clandestine operations. An extra one hundred feet was added to the hull, ...

By Adm. James G. Foggo III and Steven Wills, Ph.D., Defense Opinion Writers. Once again, the undersea domain is growing ...

The U.S. Navy welcomed a new USS Iowa into its service this weekend. The new nuclear submarine, SSN-797, was commissioned on Saturday, April 5, not in Iowa, but at the Naval Submarine Base New London ...

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The USS New Jersey made waves when it was commissioned — the first submarine in the U.S. Navy's fleet designed specifically with women in mind. It is Machinist Mate Kianna Gonzalez's first submarine. ...

A political thriller starring Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, and Scott Glenn. A Soviet Captain goes rogue with his new submarine. In November 1984, the Soviet Union's best submarine captain violates ...