Key Points and Summary – Four Ohio-class SSGNs—each able to fire 154 Tomahawks—retire from 2026–2028, removing 616 missiles from the fleet. -The Navy’s answer:...
Key Points and Summary – Four converted Ohio-class SSGNs—Ohio, Michigan, Florida, and Georgia—retire between 2026–2028, removing up to 616 undersea Tomahawk cells and unmatched...
Key Points and Summary – South Korean intelligence reports say Russia has provided North Korea with two to three nuclear-submarine propulsion modules—reportedly lifted from...
Key Points and Summary – The Sturgeon-class (SSN-637) submarines were the U.S. Navy’s Cold War backbone: more than three dozen nuclear attack boats that...
Key Points and Summary – The Navy’s Columbia-class ballistic-missile submarines are the most consequential ships the United States will build this century. -They exist...
Key Points and Summary – The Ohio-class SSGNs were a post–Cold War judo move: convert four surplus ballistic-missile submarines into covert cruise-missile and special-operations...
Key Points and Summary – Japan’s Taigei-class submarines are purpose-built for the Indo-Pacific’s decisive geography. -They replace air-independent propulsion with high-capacity lithium-ion batteries, enabling...
Key Points and Summary – The “Improved” Los Angeles–class—known as the 688I—was the Navy’s decisive answer to late–Cold War threats and post–Cold War strike...