Featured in SSBNBYJoseph TrevithickJun 22, 2020ShareCongress Pushes Navy To Add Hypersonic Missiles To Its Stealthy DestroyersThe move could alter the Navy’s timeline for deploying hypersonic weapons and it could lead to big changes for its Zumwalt class destroyers. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 22, 2020ShareBYAaron AmickJun 16, 2020ShareNukes, Nubs And Coners: The Unique Social Hierarchy Aboard A Nuclear SubmarineGetting assigned to your first sub doesn’t make you a submariner and once you become one you’ll find yourself in a social structure unlike any other. BYAaron AmickJun 16, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMar 26, 2020ShareCheck Out This Soviet Submarine Firing A Nuclear Ballistic Missile While Docked PiersideThe Russian Navy has reportedly looked into reviving this tactic, but for cruise-missile armed submarines. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 26, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJan 29, 2020ShareNavy Missile Sub Has Begun Its First Patrol Armed With Controversial Low Yield NukesProponents argue that the warheads give the United States added deterrent flexibility, but critics warn they lower the threshold for using nukes. BYJoseph TrevithickJan 29, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 13, 2019ShareHere’s Why An E-6B Doomsday Plane Was Flying Tight Circles Off The Jersey Shore TodayPart of the E-6B’s critical mission is to fly aerobatic-like maneuvers that allows them to send messages to ballistic missile submarines hiding below. BYTyler RogowayDec 13, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 9, 2019ShareNo These Aren’t Starships In Space Dock, They Are Nuclear Submarines Under ConstructionNuclear submarines have many parallels to fictional starships, but in this case, these super high-tech vessels are made to dive down, not fly up. BYTyler RogowayDec 9, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareUpdating America’s Land-Based Ballistic Missile ‘Nuclear Sponge’ Is A $100B+ WasteIt’s time to cut a leg off America’s Cold War vintage nuclear triad and dramatically strengthen the far more relevant two that remain. BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareBYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareOhio Guided Missile Submarines Were Designed To Be Drone-Carrying Clandestine Command CentersThe four converted ballistic missile submarines are so much more than Tomahawk slingers and transports for Navy SEALs. BYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickNov 21, 2019ShareNavy Plans For ‘Large Payload Subs’ Based On New Columbia Class To Take On SSGN Role And MoreThe service is also eying a new sub-launched ballistic missile to replace Trident and could end up expanding its nuclear deterrent capabilities. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 21, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickOct 6, 2019ShareFour Of The Biggest Revelations From China’s Massive 70th Anniversary Military ParadeThe spectacle in Tiananmen Square was full of previously unseen advanced Chinese military developments. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 6, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJan 16, 2019ShareRussia Says Its Own New Weapons Are Exempt After Accusing U.S. Of Violating Nuclear Arms DealThe Kremlin may be looking to improve its negotiating position as the two countries debate extending the New START treaty. BYJoseph TrevithickJan 16, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickAug 7, 2018ShareSloppy Welding On Launch Tubes For The Navy’s New Missile Sub Could Point To Larger ProblemsThe tubes are common to three types of boats, including the U.K.’s future ballistic missile subs, so any issue could have far-reaching impacts. BYJoseph TrevithickAug 7, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayJan 8, 2018ShareIndia’s First Ballistic Missile Sub Sidelined For Nearly A Year Following MishapThe country’s plans to modernize its submarine force have hit some obstacles, but in a decade the fleet will likely look nothing like it does today. BYTyler RogowayJan 8, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayAug 15, 2017ShareHere’s What SecDef Mattis Thinks About Retaining All Three Legs Of The Nuclear TriadMattis spoke candidly about his views on the need for America to continue maintaining nuclear bombers, ballistic missile submarines, and ICBMs. BYTyler RogowayAug 15, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayApr 5, 2017ShareRussia Reportedly Sending World’s Largest Submarine to the Baltic SeaThe crown jewels in Russia’s Soviet era naval arsenal—a Typhoon class submarine and a Kirov class battlecruiser—are supposedly being sent to St. Petersburg this July. BYTyler RogowayApr 5, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 23, 2016ShareTrump’s Nuclear Arms Race Is a Terrible Idea, but Modernization is OverdueThe US doesn’t need more nukes—it needs to modernize the weapons it already has. BYTyler RogowayDec 23, 2016Share12
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 22, 2020ShareCongress Pushes Navy To Add Hypersonic Missiles To Its Stealthy DestroyersThe move could alter the Navy’s timeline for deploying hypersonic weapons and it could lead to big changes for its Zumwalt class destroyers. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 22, 2020Share
BYAaron AmickJun 16, 2020ShareNukes, Nubs And Coners: The Unique Social Hierarchy Aboard A Nuclear SubmarineGetting assigned to your first sub doesn’t make you a submariner and once you become one you’ll find yourself in a social structure unlike any other. BYAaron AmickJun 16, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMar 26, 2020ShareCheck Out This Soviet Submarine Firing A Nuclear Ballistic Missile While Docked PiersideThe Russian Navy has reportedly looked into reviving this tactic, but for cruise-missile armed submarines. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 26, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJan 29, 2020ShareNavy Missile Sub Has Begun Its First Patrol Armed With Controversial Low Yield NukesProponents argue that the warheads give the United States added deterrent flexibility, but critics warn they lower the threshold for using nukes. BYJoseph TrevithickJan 29, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayDec 13, 2019ShareHere’s Why An E-6B Doomsday Plane Was Flying Tight Circles Off The Jersey Shore TodayPart of the E-6B’s critical mission is to fly aerobatic-like maneuvers that allows them to send messages to ballistic missile submarines hiding below. BYTyler RogowayDec 13, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayDec 9, 2019ShareNo These Aren’t Starships In Space Dock, They Are Nuclear Submarines Under ConstructionNuclear submarines have many parallels to fictional starships, but in this case, these super high-tech vessels are made to dive down, not fly up. BYTyler RogowayDec 9, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareUpdating America’s Land-Based Ballistic Missile ‘Nuclear Sponge’ Is A $100B+ WasteIt’s time to cut a leg off America’s Cold War vintage nuclear triad and dramatically strengthen the far more relevant two that remain. BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019Share
BYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareOhio Guided Missile Submarines Were Designed To Be Drone-Carrying Clandestine Command CentersThe four converted ballistic missile submarines are so much more than Tomahawk slingers and transports for Navy SEALs. BYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayDec 1, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickNov 21, 2019ShareNavy Plans For ‘Large Payload Subs’ Based On New Columbia Class To Take On SSGN Role And MoreThe service is also eying a new sub-launched ballistic missile to replace Trident and could end up expanding its nuclear deterrent capabilities. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 21, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickOct 6, 2019ShareFour Of The Biggest Revelations From China’s Massive 70th Anniversary Military ParadeThe spectacle in Tiananmen Square was full of previously unseen advanced Chinese military developments. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 6, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJan 16, 2019ShareRussia Says Its Own New Weapons Are Exempt After Accusing U.S. Of Violating Nuclear Arms DealThe Kremlin may be looking to improve its negotiating position as the two countries debate extending the New START treaty. BYJoseph TrevithickJan 16, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickAug 7, 2018ShareSloppy Welding On Launch Tubes For The Navy’s New Missile Sub Could Point To Larger ProblemsThe tubes are common to three types of boats, including the U.K.’s future ballistic missile subs, so any issue could have far-reaching impacts. BYJoseph TrevithickAug 7, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayJan 8, 2018ShareIndia’s First Ballistic Missile Sub Sidelined For Nearly A Year Following MishapThe country’s plans to modernize its submarine force have hit some obstacles, but in a decade the fleet will likely look nothing like it does today. BYTyler RogowayJan 8, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayAug 15, 2017ShareHere’s What SecDef Mattis Thinks About Retaining All Three Legs Of The Nuclear TriadMattis spoke candidly about his views on the need for America to continue maintaining nuclear bombers, ballistic missile submarines, and ICBMs. BYTyler RogowayAug 15, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayApr 5, 2017ShareRussia Reportedly Sending World’s Largest Submarine to the Baltic SeaThe crown jewels in Russia’s Soviet era naval arsenal—a Typhoon class submarine and a Kirov class battlecruiser—are supposedly being sent to St. Petersburg this July. BYTyler RogowayApr 5, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayDec 23, 2016ShareTrump’s Nuclear Arms Race Is a Terrible Idea, but Modernization is OverdueThe US doesn’t need more nukes—it needs to modernize the weapons it already has. BYTyler RogowayDec 23, 2016Share