The U.S. Navy’s Virginia-class is the world’s best attack submarine. It blends the lethality of the Seawolf with revolutionary adaptability. -Its five key advantages are: versatility in both deep ...

Germany’s Type 212 pioneered near-silent hydrogen fuel-cell air-independent propulsion, letting a non-nuclear sub remain submerged for weeks while evading acoustic, magnetic, and sonar detection. -Its ...

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 US has 71 submarines and it has nuclear powered submarines, 4 guided missile submarines and 14 nuclear ballistic missile submarines.

The idea is to have additional Tomahawk or other missile capabilities on the attack submarines increased by 2026, when the “SSGN” Ohio-Class Guided Missile Submarines start retiring in larger numbers.

Officials have taken an “integrated approach” to orchestrating the two programs, from freshening up legacy submarines to ...