SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has inspected a project to build a nuclear-powered submarine, warning that his country's maritime defence capability will be 'fully' projected "in any necessary ...

Agreeing with British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's statement that Russia should fear Britain's submarine-based nuclear deterrent 'Trident', a retired Royal Navy Rear Admiral has stated that the ...

The situation is not much better for the US SSBN fleet, as it too suffers from a weak US submarine industrial base. The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) says that as of August 2024, 14 Ohio-class ...

Virginia-class submarine program. The Navy has been procuring Virginia (SSN-774) class nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) since FY1998, and a total of 40 have been procured through FY2024.

CRS also noted, “A related issue for Congress concerns the ability of the submarine construction industrial base to execute the work associated with procuring one Columbia-class SSBN [strategic ...

The submarine named for the state of Iowa will officially be accepted into service in the U.S. Navy at 9 a.m. CT April 5. More: What to know about the USS Iowa, the first Navy submarine named ...

The US Navy's oldest active submarine — the missile-packed USS Ohio — is back in action for unrestricted ops in the Pacific ...

The Navy’s Columbia (SSBN-826) class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) program is a program to design and build a class of 12 new SSBNs to replace the Navy’s current force of 14 aging Ohio ...

The US Navy's oldest active submarine is back for operations in the Pacific after a three-year maintenance period. The USS Ohio is a first-in-class nuclear ... As a boomer, or SSBN, the Ohio conducted ...