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Key Points and Summary: The 1963 loss of the USS Thresher (SSN-593) remains the deadliest submarine disaster in history, but it birthed the safety...
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Key Points and Summary: The 1963 loss of the USS Thresher (SSN-593) remains the deadliest submarine disaster in history, but it birthed the safety...
Key Points and Summary – The loss of the USS Scorpion (SSN-589) submarine remains one of the U.S. Navy’s most haunting unsolved mysteries, claiming...
Key Takeaways: The U.S. Navy is transforming the stealthy Zumwalt-class destroyers into premier hypersonic strike platforms to counter Chinese advancements. -The Upgrade: The ships...
Key Points and Summary – Commissioned in 1965, the conventionally powered supercarrier USS America (CVA-66) served in Vietnam, the Mediterranean, over Libya, and during...
Key Takeaways – In a 2013 NATO exercise in the Arabian Sea, the Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Dallas proved why American undersea...
Key Takeaways – Britain’s Vanguard-class submarines are the silent backbone of the UK’s nuclear deterrent, built in the 1980s and 1990s to carry Trident...
Key Takeaways – In 2005, the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Francisco slammed at high speed into an unmapped seamount, turning a routine...
Key Takeaways – France’s tiny Rubis-class nuclear attack subs were built to stalk Soviet subs, but Saphir showed just how dangerous they remain in...
Key Takeaways – Japan’s new Taigei-class submarines mark a major leap from the Sōryū-class and signal how serious Tokyo is about undersea warfare in...
Key Points and Summary – In 1969, the brand-new nuclear attack submarine USS Guitarro famously “sank” pierside at Mare Island after a stunning series...