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The US Navy’s SSN(X) submarine program is slowly sinking

The US Navy does not have the capacity to build the SSN(X) submarines at scale—but rather than acknowledging this, it has simply attempted to delay their completion dates.
In a single snapshot, the USS Boise attack submarine has not been on the sea since 2015. That solitary hull has since been a ...
The following is the Jan. 26, 2026, Congressional Research Service report, Navy Virginia-Class Submarine Program and AUKUS ...
Attack submarines are one of the major weapons the U.S. relies on to counter China’s military threat in the Pacific.
Leonardo DRS announced the opening of a new naval power and propulsion facility to support the U.S. Navy’s drive for ...
A triad of SSGs, SSKs, and SSNs would comprise a forbidding implement of access denial for the US Navy in the Indo-Pacific. Still, it’s worth restating the case for diesels from time to time. Ambient ...
The HMS Anson is the fifth Astute-class fast attack submarine in Royal Navy service—and the eighth vessel to bear the name of ...
A new order for tug boats to tow nuclear-powered submarines at His Majesty’s Naval ...