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Britain has stored retired nuclear submarines since 1983. Its first dismantling is due in 2026, but costs and delivery risks keep rising.
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Britain has stored retired nuclear submarines since 1983. Its first dismantling is due in 2026, but costs and delivery risks keep rising.
The Soviet Alfa-class submarine was built from exotic titanium and could hit 40 knots. There was just one problem: they were really loud in...
Before HSwMS Gotland reportedly reached firing position against USS Ronald Reagan, the U.S. Navy had already rented the Swedish AIP submarine. The $17.5 million...
On 12 July 2026, during RIMPAC, HMCS Corner Brook fired an Mk 48 heavyweight torpedo and delivered the final strike that sank the decommissioned...
Across 30 years of service, USS Parche accumulated nine Presidential Unit Citations, ten Navy Unit Commendations and 13 Navy Expeditionary Medals — more than...
Britain's entire strategic nuclear capability rests on four submarines: Vanguard, commissioned in 1993, Victorious in 1995, Vigilant in 1996 and Vengeance in 1999. Early...
In late June 2026 the most detailed public fleet survey found all five of Britain's in-service Astute-class attack submarines alongside at once: Astute, Ambush,...
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...
The Navy planned twenty-nine Seawolf-class attack submarines to take on the Soviet fleet. After the Cold War ended, Congress reduced the programme to twelve,...
Thirty-seven percent of the US Navy's nuclear attack submarines cannot deploy because the shipyards cannot repair them fast enough. USS Boise, a Los Angeles-class...