National Interest on MSN4d
A New Navy Nuclear Attack Submarine Sank While She Was 'At Dock'
Nuclear-powered submarines were all the rage ... Moreover, inadequate coordination contributed to the accident. It took Navy ...
The National Interest15d
The Two-Word Problem That Sank a U.S. Navy Nuclear Attack Submarine
On May 15, 1969, the USS Guitarro (SSN-665), a Sturgeon-class nuclear-powered attack submarine, sank while under construction ...
Barrow fire: Cause of huge blaze at BAE systems nuclear submarine factory revealed
An industrial accident caused a huge fire at a BAE systems nuclear submarine factory that sent thick clouds of smoke rising ...
National Interest on MSN7d
Did an Open Hatch Sink a Chinese Nuclear Submarine Sitting at Port?
China’s newest nuclear-powered submarine, the Zhou-class, reportedly sank near a Wuhan shipyard during construction, likely ...
National Interest on MSN11d
Calling Tom Clancy: Russia Lost an Attack Submarine Armed with 2 'Nuclear-Tipped Torpedoes'
The Soviet Union’s Project-685 K-278 Komsomolets (Mike-class submarine) was an advanced nuclear-powered vessel capable of ...
12-hour blaze at submarine factory that sparked Russian sabotage fears was caused by sand-blaster exploding
A BLAZE at a submarine factory was caused by a sand-blaster explosion that ignited rubber tiles on a £1.3billion vessel. The ...
Foreign Affairs5d
How the War in Ukraine Could Go Nuclear—by Accident
In response, Ukraine has begun launching up to hundreds of drones daily at carefully selected Russian targets. Ukraine has ...
PBS4y
400 Years of Subs
The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus ... At least two things came out of this accident. First, the Navy carefully reviewed the entire design, looking for any possible defects ...
StrategyPage9d
Submarines: Chinese Sinking Submarine
A US Navy nuclear submarine under construction, the Guitarro (SSN-665), sank in a similar accident in 1969. A failure of communication between two teams at opposite ends of the sub led each to ...
BBC5y
Russian nuclear submarine: Norway finds big radiation leak
Norway has found a radiation level 800,000 times higher than normal at the wreck of ... The submarine is also known as K-278 in Russia, and it sank carrying two nuclear torpedoes with plutonium ...
Cause Of Fire At UK’s Critical Nuclear Submarine Shipyard Still Unclear
A blaze has ripped through the BAE Systems’ nuclear submarine shipyard in Cumbria, England, a unique facility of major ...
ScienceAlert14d
Nuclear Fusion vs Fission: A Physicist Explains The Difference
The source of all nuclear power is the binding energy of an atom. The energy stored in an atom can be released in two main ...