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Navy announces future nuclear-powered submarine to be named USS Baltimore
The future Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine SSN 812 will be named USS Baltimore, secretary of the Navy Carlos ...
Officials are warning about the vulnerability of underwater cables. How protected are they?
We take a look at this critical part of the world’s internet infrastructure and what could happen if a wide-scale attack were ...
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SECNAV Del Toro Names Attack Boat for Baltimore as Sub-Funding Impasse Continues
The newest Navy submarine will take its name from the city that gave the U.S. the Star-Spangled Banner, crab-flavored potato ...
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 ...
AUKUS critics stuck in a 1990s time warp
One does not have to agree with those who think AUKUS is an abomination to be similarly concerned about AUKUS’s cost and ...
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The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis Triggered the Worst Shark Attack in History
In the final weeks of World War II, a Japanese torpedo sank an American heavy cruiser. Only 316 of the 900 sailors who survived the initial attack were ultimately rescued ...
New Video Footage of Titan Submarine Released Showing Wreckage on Ocean Floor After Implosion
A dramatic new video of the OceanGate Titan submarine wreckage on the ocean floor was released as part of the Coast Guard hearings that resumed on Thursday, September 19, looking into the tragedy that ...
Navy’s first fully gender-integrated submarine joins the fleet. Here’s what that means.
The USS New Jersey has been heralded as the Navy’s first fully gender-integrated submarine following a series of changes made ...
Crew of USS Indiana, a Virginia-class submarine, receive Navy’s Arctic Service Medals
The crew of the USS Indiana, a Virginia-class, fast-attack submarine that spent three weeks in the seas near the North ...
Russian Atomic Submarines' 'Most Devastating Weapon' in Position—Navy Chief
Acting Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Aleksandr Moiseyev presided over a ceremony Wednesday at the headquarters of the ...
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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 ...
Attack submarine crew is first to receive new Arctic Service Medal
The crew was the first to receive the new medal, which was created last year for missions sailing under Arctic ice.