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For years, Washington assumed that if it spent enough, the ships would appear. They haven't. America's naval industrial base needs 250,000 workers it doesn't...
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For years, Washington assumed that if it spent enough, the ships would appear. They haven't. America's naval industrial base needs 250,000 workers it doesn't...
The U.S. Navy needs 66 attack submarines. By 2030 it may have 46 — it's retiring them faster than its two overstretched shipyards can...
One of the greatest joys of my life was back in 2004 when I literally got within 100 feet of USS Connecticut, an actual...
The U.S. Navy won’t have its full Virginia-class attack submarine fleet until 2043—and by then, the boats will be 44 years old. China is...
Idaho (a name long incorrectly assumed to have been derived from a Shoshone Native American tribe word meaning “gem of the mountains”) is the...
“We built the best submarine ever, and now we can’t replace it. The U.S. Navy has no real solution for this.” That’s how a...
The Undersea Defense Technology (UDT) 2026 conference wrapped up in Scotland this month, and it appears that the AUKUS pact has a new lease...
Meet the Navy’s Newest Virginia-Class Submarine, USS Massachusetts (SSN-798) The U.S. Navy officially welcomed its newest Virginia-class nuclear attack submarine over the past weekend....
The Virginia-Class Submarine: The Spine of the U.S. Navy With a Virginia-class Block VI under development and continued exploration of a much-discussed SSN(X) future...
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...