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On October 2, 2021, USS Connecticut (SSN-22) ran into a seamount at speed in the South China Sea, wrecking her bow, forward ballast tanks...
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On October 2, 2021, USS Connecticut (SSN-22) ran into a seamount at speed in the South China Sea, wrecking her bow, forward ballast tanks...
China’s shipbuilding capacity is 200 times America’s. The Navy’s answer, the 10,000-ton, $8 billion SSN(X), slipped from the mid-2030s to the 2040s because Electric...
A Los Angeles-class sub tied to the pier made more noise than a Seawolf at 20 knots. Built to hunt 48,000-ton Typhoons under Arctic...
The Seawolf-class was meant to be the American attack submarine of the 21st century. It was faster than a Los Angeles, dived deeper, ran...
On October 2, 2021, one of the Navy's three most advanced attack submarines struck an uncharted underwater mountain while running submerged. The impact wrecked...
Killed on live television in 1992, the B-2 became a $2.13 billion bomber by division: a $44.7 billion invention spread across just 21 aircraft...
Initial Navy estimates put the SSN(X) at roughly $5.8 billion per submarine. The Congressional Budget Office is less optimistic, with a 2025 estimate ranging...
SSN(X) is the Navy’s planned successor to the Virginia-class attack submarine. The service wants Seawolf speed and payload, Virginia quieting, and Columbia-class availability. First...
The US Navy Cut Seawolf From 29 Boats to Three. The Attack-Submarine Gap Never Closed: The Seawolf-class attack submarine was designed to replace the...
The US Navy intended to build 29 Seawolf-class submarines over ten years. Budget pressure cut that to 12, and the end of the Cold...