Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
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...
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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...
Summary and Key Points: Canada is racing to replace its aging Victoria-class submarines, acquired from the UK in the 1990s and expected to limp...
Summary and Key Points: After fresh warnings from U.S. President Trump over Iran’s nuclear program, U.S. naval forces moved deeper into the 5th Fleet...
Summary and Key Points: The Virginia-class attack submarine has shifted from a Cold War replacement to a long-running, upgradeable undersea workhorse built in successive...
Synopsis: The U.S. Navy’s SSN(X) program, designed to combine the stealth of the Virginia-class with the firepower of the Seawolf-class, is facing critical delays...
Synopsis: Russia’s post-Soviet arms exports to China were a pragmatic bargain: Moscow needed hard currency and industrial survival, while Beijing needed a rapid modernization...
America’s Columbia-class nuclear ballistic-missile submarines are absorbing delays and cost growth, with the lead boat now projected about 17 months late for a 2029...
Summary and Key Points: AUKUS plans to deliver Virginia-class submarines to Australia are portrayed as increasingly strained by U.S. production limits and the Navy’s...
Summary and Key Points: The S-3 Viking was a capable Cold War-era carrier-based submarine hunter, but it was ultimately retired because its survivability and...
A 2015 joint U.S.-French naval exercise is often cited as a reminder that aircraft carriers, while central to American sea power, are not invulnerable....