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 ...

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 ...

Major maneuvers yesterday, Saturday 15 February, in the sea and sky south of Sardinia for the passage of a Russian tugboat and submarine. According to the reconstruction on the ItamilRadar website ...

More than 20 of the central systems in HMS Halland were replaced as part of the upgrade, including sensors and command systems. Saab has relaunched the Swedish Navy’s HMS Halland Gotland-class ...

In an official announcement that quickly went viral in the afternoon, the Spanish Navy confirmed the new deployment of a Russian Navy Kilo II-class attack submarine heading toward the Mediterranean.

Soviet submarine designers were constantly innovating their subs, too. One of the most unique and interesting submarines was the old Alfa-class nuclear-powered submarine. Known as Project 705 Lyra ...

The UK has tracked a Russian spy ship in its waters twice in recent months. In November, a British submarine followed the vessel and surfaced nearby to turn it away. The UK defense secretary said the ...

The Senate Armed Services Committee joined with its House counterpart to authorize spending for a pair of Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarine… ...