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One of the United States Navy’s youngest nuclear-powered (for its class, at least) attack submarines will be inactivated, despite millions of dollars dedicated to...
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One of the United States Navy’s youngest nuclear-powered (for its class, at least) attack submarines will be inactivated, despite millions of dollars dedicated to...
The Trump administration just walked away from a major submarine repair because the economics (and the painful reality) no longer made sense. This move...
The U.S. Navy’s SSN Los Angeles-Class Submarine Will Be Very Hard to Replace At Scale: Russia and China are Taking Notes The Los Angeles-class...
U.S. Navy Sub Troubles: Why Virginia-Class Submarines Can’t Replace the Los Angeles-Class Fast Enough A growing body of reports and congressional analyses is pointing...
Summary and Key Points: National security writer Harrison Kass evaluates the operational relevance of the Los Angeles-class nuclear attack submarine during the Operation Epic...
Summary and Key Points: The Los Angeles-class (688i) fast-attack submarine remains the cornerstone of U.S. undersea power in 2026, comprising nearly half of the...
The Los Angeles-class (688) attack submarine, the definitive workhorse of the U.S. Navy for five decades, is at the center of a looming "submarine...
Summary and Key Points: Brandon J. Weichert, Senior National Security Editor and author of Winning Space, examines the structural failures of the AUKUS pact...
Summary and Key Points: Brandon J. Weichert, a Senior National Security Editor and iHeartRadio host, provides an analysis of the SSN(X) next-generation attack submarine...
Summary and Key Points – The USS Boise (SSN-764), a Los Angeles-class attack submarine, has become a symbol of the Navy’s maintenance crisis, having...