The Navy’s Next Attack Submarine Will Be An “Apex Predator” According To Undersea Warfare Chief
The Navy’s future attack submarine will be more like the Seawolf class than the Virginia class, but it won’t come cheap.
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The Navy Is Looking At Fitting Its Future Attack Submarines With Inflatable Sails
The Navy has called upon industry to develop pop-up sails for its submarines in an effort to maximize speed, stealth, and maneuverability.
Navy’s Next Attack Submarine Will Be Wider And Based On The New Columbia Class Missile Boats
The SSN(X) design will be wider than the present Virginia class, offering improved capabilities and increased stealthiness underwater.
Ford Class Of Supercarriers May End After Four Ships, Navy Eyeing Smaller Carriers: Report
The Navy has put together a task force to report back in six months on what America’s carrier force should look like from 2030 on.
Navy Missile Sub Has Begun Its First Patrol Armed With Controversial Low Yield Nukes
The U.S. Navy has reportedly sent an Ohio class ballistic missile submarine on patrol for the first time carrying Trident II submarine-launched ballistic missiles armed with the new and controversial low-yield W76-2 nuclear warhead. Proponents say the warheads are necessary to give the U.S. government added flexibility to respond to certain crises, including limited nuclear strikes, but critics contend that raise the likelihood of the United States employing nuclear weapons, to begin with.
These Are The Briefings President-Elect Trump Got On The F-35, Air Force One, and Nukes
Just shy of a month before his inauguration in 2017, then-President-Elect Donald Trump held a series of meetings with senior officials from the U.S. Air Force and other branches of the U.S. military, as well as executives from Lockheed Martin and Boeing, at his estate at Mar-a-Lago in Florida. Now, thanks to the Freedom of Information Act, we have more details about exactly what information Trump received from the military briefers on the F-35, Air Force One, and the U.S. Nuclear Triad.
Updating America’s Land-Based Ballistic Missile ‘Nuclear Sponge’ Is A $100B+ Waste
It’s time to cut a leg off America’s Cold War vintage nuclear triad and dramatically strengthen the far more relevant two that remain.
Here Is The Navy’s Ultra Ambitious New Plan To Get To 355 Ships In Just 15 Years
The service will face huge challenges in meeting that goal and just sustaining those vessels will cost many billions more than it spends now.
Navy Attack Subs Lost More Than Two Decades Worth Of Operational Time To Maintenance Delays
The service has already spent hundreds of millions of dollars for boats sitting idle and a top Congressional watchdog warns it could get worse.
Navy Plans For ‘Large Payload Subs’ Based On New Columbia Class To Take On SSGN Role And More
The service is also eying a new sub-launched ballistic missile to replace Trident and could end up expanding its nuclear deterrent capabilities.