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The U.S. Navy's Lafayette-Class Submarines Went All Out to Beat Russia
The Lafayette-class ballistic missile submarines were pivotal to the U.S. Navy's nuclear deterrent strategy during the Cold ...
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Skipjack-Class: The U.S. Navy Submarine That Went All Out to Beat Russia
The Skipjack-class submarines, built between 1956 and 1961, were a groundbreaking development in U.S. naval engineering.
The ‘nuclear test’ spotted by a satellite nobody’s owning up to 45 years later
The double flash could have been a nuclear explosion of two to three kilotonnes - equivalent to 2-3,000 tonnes of TNT.
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Russia Would Have Panicked: The Navy Wanted 29 Seawolf-Class Submarines
The Seawolf-class submarine was designed during the Cold War as the pinnacle of U.S. naval engineering, intended to counter ...
Australia PM confident of AUKUS support under 'any future US administration'
Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday that he is confident the AUKUS defence pact will be supported by ...
US Navy's new submarines are 'in crisis' as costs balloon by $17 billion, lawmaker says
The Navy's nuclear-powered Virginia class sub, which it's supposed to build two of a year, is facing major delays and ...
The Aviationist1d
E-6 ‘Doomsday Plane’ Plays Key Role in Simulated Minuteman III Launch Test, Validating ICBM Readiness
E-6 Mercury Enhances Strategic Command and Control in Simulated ICBM Launch. Airmen and Sailors from several military units, ...
National Catholic Reporter2d
With billboards and boats, Catholics protest Seattle-area atomic arsenal
A naval base less than 30 miles from Seattle has one of the world's largest concentrations of deployed nuclear weapons. Five ...
New US Subs Running $17 Billion Over Budget, Lawmaker Says
The Navy’s new Virginia-class submarines are projected to run $17 billion over their planned budget through 2030, a problem ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists3d
Question for the candidates: Should the president retain the sole authority to order the use of nuclear weapons?
Mackenzie Knight, a senior research associate at the Federation of American Scientists and co-author of the Bulletin’s ...
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727 Days and 70,000 Miles: A Navy Ohio-Class Guided-Missile Submarine 'Made History'
The USS Florida, an Ohio-class submarine, recently completed a historic 727-day patrol spanning 70,000 miles across the world ...
Russian Nuclear Submarines Cross Under Arctic Ice Near US Coast
The Chukchi Sea is the one that bounds the United States. It is in the north of the Bering Strait, a waterway separating ...