The Russian Typhoon-class SSBN (Project 941 "Akula") is the largest nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine ever built. Designed during the Cold War to counter the U.S. Navy’s Ohio-class ...

The Astute-class hunter-killer submarine is one of the most advanced and stealthy war machines beneath the waves. This guide takes a deep dive into its cutting-edge technology, firepower ...

Iran’s Ghadir-class and other submarines play a strategic ... readiness and increasing advancement of the country’s submarine force. Notably, Iran’s underwater fleet represents the most ...

Although leaders in Stockholm initially thought that they had successfully kept out of the geopolitical hurly-burly, the Swedish Navy soon detected a Russian ... submarine. Enter the Blekinge ...

Commissioned in February 2019, it is also the country’s first semi-heavy submarine category, sitting between the light Ghadir class and the heavy Kilo-class submarines. The launch of the Valfajr ...

The Navy’s Columbia (SSBN-826) class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) program is a program to design and build a class of 12 new SSBNs to replace the Navy’s current force of 14 aging Ohio ...