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Seawolf-class. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

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Electric Boat’s 27,000 Workers Are What Makes the US Navy’s Nuclear Submarine Force One Of A Kind

General Dynamics Electric Boat received the largest award in its 127-year history on July 29, 2026: a $76.6 billion package that includes $42.1 billion...

Harry J. KazianisAugust 3, 2026

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The US Navy Is Designing Its Next Attack Submarine Around Drones and Seabed Missions. It Cannot Build the Ones It Has Fast Enough.

The Virginia-class attack submarine was designed after the Cold War as a cheaper, more versatile replacement for the Los Angeles boats, and it has...

Harrison KassJuly 28, 2026

A Tomahawk cruise missile launches from the forward vertical launch system of the USS Shiloh (CG 67) to attack selected air defense targets south of the 33rd parallel in Iraq on Sept. 3, 1996, as part of Operation Desert Strike. The attacks are designed to reduce risks to the pilots who will enforce the expanded no-fly zone. President Clinton announced an expanded no-fly zone in response to an Iraqi attack against a Kurdish faction. The larger no-fly zone in Southern Iraq will make it easier for U.S. and coalition partners to contain Saddam Hussein's aggression. The U.S. Navy Ticonderoga Class cruiser launched the missiles as it operated in the Persian Gulf.

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Sinking Feeling: Something Feels Wrong About Retiring the U.S. Navy’s Ticonderoga-Class Missile Cruisers

The U.S. Navy is retiring its last seven Ticonderoga-class cruisers by 2030, ending a decades-long era of missile-heavy carrier escorts. A $3.7 billion modernization...

Brent M. EastwoodJuly 9, 2026

(August 16, 2006) - USS Jimmy Carter (SSN 23) sits moored in the Magnetic Silencing Facility at Naval Base Kitsap Bangor Aug 16 for her first ìdepermingî treatment. The deperming process reduces a ships electromagnetic signature as she travels through the water. U.S. Navy Photograph by MCCM(AW) Jerry McLain (Released)

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Months Underwater, No Sunlight, No Way Out. How the Navy Picks Who Can Handle a Nuclear Submarine

A submarine crew of roughly 130 spends months beneath the ocean's surface in a narrow, windowless vessel, with no sunlight, limited communication, and no...

Harrison KassJuly 9, 2026

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Electric Boat’s 27,000 Workers Are What Makes the US Navy’s Nuclear Submarine Force One Of A Kind

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The US Navy Is Designing Its Next Attack Submarine Around Drones and Seabed Missions. It Cannot Build the Ones It Has Fast Enough.

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Sinking Feeling: Something Feels Wrong About Retiring the U.S. Navy’s Ticonderoga-Class Missile Cruisers

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Months Underwater, No Sunlight, No Way Out. How the Navy Picks Who Can Handle a Nuclear Submarine

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