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Inside F4: The $2.4 Billion Factory Building the U.S. Navy’s Future Submarines In March 2026, the United States reached a significant milestone in expanding...
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Inside F4: The $2.4 Billion Factory Building the U.S. Navy’s Future Submarines In March 2026, the United States reached a significant milestone in expanding...
The U.S. Navy's SSN(X) attack submarine was supposed to be the most lethal undersea platform ever built — faster, quieter, and deadlier than anything...
Christian D. Orr, former Air Force Security Forces officer, federal law enforcement veteran, and private military contractor, examines whether the Virginia Payload Module —...
Jack Buckby, a New York-based defense analyst and British researcher, evaluates the mounting "magazine depth" crisis as Operation Epic Fury consumes the U.S. Navy's...
The U.S. Navy is navigating a critical "trough" in undersea firepower. The retirement of just four Ohio-class SSGNs removes more than 600 Tomahawk launch...
The Virginia-class attack submarine, originally conceived as a flexible "bridge" between Cold War leviathans and future stealth platforms, has officially become the indispensable—and overburdened—backbone...
Summary and Key Points: Brandon J. Weichert, Senior National Security Editor and author of Winning Space, examines the structural failures of the AUKUS pact...
The decision to cap the Seawolf-class at only three hulls remains one of the most debated "peace dividend" trade-offs of the post-Cold War era....
Summary and Key Points: Critics often cite the strained U.S. submarine industrial base—currently prioritized for Columbia-class SSBNs—as proof that AUKUS will fail. -However, AUKUS...
Summary and Key Points: The USS Arizona (SSN-803) is more than just a submarine; it is a high-tech resurrection of a legendary name, now...