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The U.S. Navy Canceled The Best Attack Submarine Ever Built in The 1990s — And Now Wishes It Had 29 of Them

The U.S. Navy took delivery of its 25th Virginia-class fast-attack submarine — the USS Massachusetts (SSN-798) — in November 2025. The seventh Block IV...

Steve BalestrieriMay 21, 2026

U.S. Navy Blue Angels 5 and 6 fly past each other in an opposing knife edge pass during the Luke Days 2026 airshow, March 22, 2026, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. Events like Luke Days 2026 provide insight into the training, preparation and teamwork that enable the joint force to respond quickly and effectively when needed. anytime and anywhere. The U.S. Navy Blue Angels demonstrate the precision, speed and discipline required to operate the F/A-18 Super Hornet, one of the Navy’s frontline carrier-based fighter aircraft. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Hampton Stramler)

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The Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Secret Weapon: The F/A-18 Super Hornet Fighter Has a Message for the U.S. Navy

The F/A-18E/F Super Hornet has been the backbone of the U.S. Navy carrier air wing since 2001. Eight hundred and thirty-eight built. Roughly 550...

Harry J. KazianisMay 21, 2026

Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Montana (SSN 794) transits Tokyo Bay, April 28, 2026. Montana, homeported in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and assigned to Submarine Squadron 1, is conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel G. Providakes)

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Why the U.S. Navy’s Virginia-Class Is the Best Submarine on Earth

“The Dodge Durango of submarines.” That’s how a former U.S. Navy admiral described the Virginia-class attack submarine. The framing is correct by every credible...

Harry J. KazianisMay 21, 2026

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Wash. (Aug. 14, 2003) -- Illustration of USS Ohio (SSGN 726) which is undergoing a conversion from a Ballistic Missile Submarine (SSBN) to a Guided Missile Submarine (SSGN) designation. Ohio has been out of service since Oct. 29, 2002 for conversion to SSGN at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Four Ohio-class strategic missile submarines, USS Ohio (SSBN 726), USS Michigan (SSBN 727) USS Florida (SSBN 728), and USS Georgia (SSBN 729) have been selected for transformation into a new platform, designated SSGN. The SSGNs will have the capability to support and launch up to 154 Tomahawk missiles, a significant increase in capacity compared to other platforms. The 22 missile tubes also will provide the capability to carry other payloads, such as unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs), unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and Special Forces equipment. This new platform will also have the capability to carry and support more than 66 Navy SEALs (Sea, Air and Land) and insert them clandestinely into potential conflict areas. U.S. Navy illustration. (RELEASED)

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America Spent One-Third of Its Tomahawk Cruise Missile Inventory Fighting Iran in 6 Weeks — And They Take 47 Months to Replace

The U.S. Navy’s Block V Virginia-class fast-attack submarine adds an 84-foot Virginia Payload Module that triples Tomahawk cruise missile capacity from 12 to 40...

Brent M. EastwoodMay 20, 2026

USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), and USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) cruise side-by-side in the Philippine Sea June 18, 2006, during exercise Valiant Shield 2006. The joint exercise consists of 28 naval vessels, more than 300 aircraft, and approximately 20,000 service members from the Navy, Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Photographer's Mate Spike Call) (Released)

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The U.S. Navy Spent Weeks Trying to Sink The USS America with Live-Fire Weapons — The Aircraft Carrier Just Would Not Go Down

The Kitty Hawk-class — the USS Kitty Hawk, USS Constellation, and USS America — were America’s last great conventionally powered supercarriers. Each ship displaced...

Brandon WeichertMay 20, 2026

SSN 774 Virginia Class Submarine Artist Rendering from U.S. Navy.

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China Is Building A ‘Great Wall’ of Undersea Sensors to Find U.S. Navy Nuclear Submarines

Rear Admiral Mike Brookes testified to the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission in March that Beijing is building an undersea Great Wall of...

Brent M. EastwoodMay 20, 2026

260516-N-FY193-1426 NORFOLK, Va. (May 16, 2026) USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) returned to Naval Station Norfolk, May 16, 2026, following a historic 11-month deployment to U.S. 2nd, 4th, 5th, and 6th Fleets as part of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group. Before returning to Norfolk after 326 days, the Gerald R. Ford crew conducted 23 replenishments-at-sea and sailed over 57,713 nautical miles. Embarked Carrier Air Wing 8 logged more than 5,760 flight hours and 12,200 flight launches. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mike Shen)

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She Fought in 2 Wars: The U.S. Navy’s USS Gerald R. Ford Might Have Saved the Aircraft Carrier

The USS Gerald R. Ford has returned home. The carrier saw action off both Venezuela and Iran in an epic deployment, one of the...

Robert FarleyMay 20, 2026

(October 30, 2007) - USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) conducts Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) following a six-month Planned Incremental Availability (PIA). All Naval vessels are periodically inspected by INSURV to check their material condition and battle readiness. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class (AW) M. Jeremie Yoder.

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China’s Plan to Sink U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers Comes Down to 1 Word

In March 1996, Bill Clinton sent two U.S. aircraft carriers — the USS Nimitz and USS Independence — into the Taiwan Strait to intimidate...

Harry J. KazianisMay 20, 2026

NORFOLK, Va. (May 16, 2026) USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) returned to Naval Station Norfolk, May 16, 2026, following a historic 11-month deployment to U.S. 2nd, 4th, 5th, and 6th Fleets as part of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group. Before returning to Norfolk after 326 days, the Gerald R. Ford crew conducted 23 replenishments-at-sea and sailed over 57,713 nautical miles. Embarked Carrier Air Wing 8 logged more than 5,760 flight hours and 12,200 flight launches. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mike Shen)

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Out of Action for 2 Years or More: The USS Gerald R. Ford Aircraft Carrier Will Be Out of Action for A Longtime

The USS Gerald R. Ford returned to Naval Station Norfolk on May 16, 2026, after a 326-day deployment — the longest American carrier deployment...

Steve BalestrieriMay 20, 2026

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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The U.S. Navy Canceled The Best Attack Submarine Ever Built in The 1990s — And Now Wishes It Had 29 of Them

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Secret Weapon: The F/A-18 Super Hornet Fighter Has a Message for the U.S. Navy

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Why the U.S. Navy’s Virginia-Class Is the Best Submarine on Earth

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

America Spent One-Third of Its Tomahawk Cruise Missile Inventory Fighting Iran in 6 Weeks — And They Take 47 Months to Replace

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The U.S. Navy Spent Weeks Trying to Sink The USS America with Live-Fire Weapons — The Aircraft Carrier Just Would Not Go Down

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

China Is Building A ‘Great Wall’ of Undersea Sensors to Find U.S. Navy Nuclear Submarines

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

She Fought in 2 Wars: The U.S. Navy’s USS Gerald R. Ford Might Have Saved the Aircraft Carrier

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

China’s Plan to Sink U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers Comes Down to 1 Word

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Out of Action for 2 Years or More: The USS Gerald R. Ford Aircraft Carrier Will Be Out of Action for A Longtime

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