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Souda Bay, Crete, Greece (Feb. 22, 2006) Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) heads to sea following a brief logistics stop on the Greek island of Crete. Roosevelt and Carrier Air Wing Eight (CVW-8) are currently underway on a regularly scheduled deployment supporting maritime security operations. Roosevelt is the fourth ship in the NIMITZ - class of nuclear powered aircraft carriers and is homported in Norfolk, VA. U.S. Navy photo by Mr. Paul Farley

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‘Torpedo Hit’: A $4,500,000,000 Billion U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier Was ‘Sunk’ by An Old Dutch Diesel Submarine in 1999

During NATO Exercise JTFEX/TMDI 99 in 1999, the Dutch diesel-electric submarine HNLMS Walrus (S802) penetrated the layered defensive escort screen around the U.S. Navy’s...

Brandon WeichertMay 21, 2026

ATLANTIC OCEAN (June 14, 2011) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier.

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The U.S. Navy’s Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carriers Can Be Killed by Diesel Submarines — Australia Proved It 26 Years Ago

Australia’s HMAS Waller, a Collins-class diesel-electric submarine, ‘notionally’ sank a U.S. Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in a wargame simulation and several escorts at the...

Harrison KassMay 21, 2026

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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

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

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The Royal Navy’s Vanguard-Class Nuclear Missile Submarines Have a Message for Russia

Britain’s four Vanguard-class ballistic-missile submarines carry the entire United Kingdom nuclear deterrent. Each 15,900-ton boat is powered by a Rolls-Royce PWR2 nuclear reactor, runs...

Brandon WeichertMay 20, 2026

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‘The Best Submarine on Earth Isn’t American’: The Astute-Class Has a Message for the U.S. Navy

“I am sorry, but the best submarine on Earth isn’t American.” That’s what a former British naval offical told me yesterday. The bias is...

Harry J. KazianisMay 19, 2026

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A Swedish Diesel-Electric Submarine Sank A U.S. Aircraft Carrier in A 2005 War Game — And The Pentagon Kept The Lesson Quiet

In a 2005 U.S. Navy war game, a Swedish Stirling AIP-powered Gotland-class submarine slipped past the screen and “sank” a U.S. aircraft carrier. Twenty-one...

Brent M. EastwoodMay 18, 2026

(DoD photo by Master Chief Jerry McLain, U.S. Navy. (Released))

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America Has 49 Nuclear Attack Submarines And 18 of Them Cannot Leave Port — China Is Building Submarines as Fast as It Can

Nearly 40 percent of the U.S. Navy’s 49 attack submarines are sitting in port awaiting repairs, the result of dry-dock shortages, workforce gaps, and...

Steve BalestrieriMay 18, 2026

Alfa-Class Submarine Creative Commons Image

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‘We Lost the Nuclear Weapons’: Fire Consumed and Sank a Russian Titanium Attack Submarine That Now Leaks Radiation

In April 1989, the Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-278 Komsomolets caught fire in its engineering compartment during a routine patrol off Norway’s Bear Island. The...

Brent M. EastwoodMay 17, 2026

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‘Torpedo Hit’: A $4,500,000,000 Billion U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier Was ‘Sunk’ by An Old Dutch Diesel Submarine in 1999

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The U.S. Navy’s Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carriers Can Be Killed by Diesel Submarines — Australia Proved It 26 Years Ago

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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

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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

The Royal Navy’s Vanguard-Class Nuclear Missile Submarines Have a Message for Russia

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

‘The Best Submarine on Earth Isn’t American’: The Astute-Class Has a Message for the U.S. Navy

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

A Swedish Diesel-Electric Submarine Sank A U.S. Aircraft Carrier in A 2005 War Game — And The Pentagon Kept The Lesson Quiet

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

America Has 49 Nuclear Attack Submarines And 18 of Them Cannot Leave Port — China Is Building Submarines as Fast as It Can

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‘We Lost the Nuclear Weapons’: Fire Consumed and Sank a Russian Titanium Attack Submarine That Now Leaks Radiation

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