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Secrets of the Astute SSN!

The Astute-class submarine is a nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) designed and built by BAE Systems for the United ...
Because of the specialized nature of submarines, a distinct military strategy called anti-submarine warfare, or ASW, was created to counter them. Its primary objective is to defend ships and allied ...
With an ill-disciplined military and an outdated arsenal, Venezuela would be at a serious disadvantage in the event of an ...
A US Navy nuclear-powered submarine arrived in Iceland for the first time on Wednesday. A top admiral told BI the USS Newport News' visit sent a message to America's adversaries. It comes as the US ...
“These are places where the gravity predicts there is something shallower than 400 meters (1,312 feet), around the depth where a submarine might run into ... the Connecticut can carry more weaponry ...
The Navy’s next-generation attack submarine won’t be a reality for at least 15 years, according to a new report. The Navy’s SSN(X) was originally slated to enter production in 2031. That timeline has ...
FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii — The fast-attack submarine USS Indiana arrived Tuesday at its new homeport in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, becoming the third Virginia-class boat to join Submarine Squadron 7. Indiana’s ...
China's display of an array of naval weaponry and assets, as opposed to land-based ones, could hardly have been less subtle.
China's recent military parade, commemorating the 80th anniversary of World War II's end, served as a platform to unveil a ...
After more than 100 years, we have the first actual image of the wreck of a sunken U.S. Navy submarine from World War I. A recent expedition to survey it and other lost military hardware has captured ...
On Dec. 17, 1917, the U.S. submarine USS F-1 was lost at sea during a training accident off the coast of California, killing 19 crew members on board. Now, more than a century after it sunk, ...
The Navy Yard in South Philadelphia will receive a $100 million investment from maritime manufacturer Rhoads Industries to expand the company's fabrication of submarine parts in the coming years, ...