They’re the caretakers of one of only five remaining diesel boats in the U.S. fleet, a boat that in many ways was the link ...

From China and the US to India and Russia, here are the 25 largest militaries in the world, ranked by the number of active-duty armed forces.

Britain’s nuclear submarines operate largely out of public view. This preview offers a rare glimpse inside a Trident submarine. It explores the environment, technology, and daily life beneath the sea.

As melting ice opens new routes and resources, the Arctic has become a key arena where Russia’s dominance, China’s ambitions and America’s concerns now collide.

Such highly-fortified facilities are designed to keep the president and top officials alive during an attack on the United ...

Decades ago, the President of the United States ordered the secret construction of a secure underground facility at the White ...

David Goodrich has done something unheard of – delivered a submarine program on time and on budget. And it all started at ...

Serving aboard a submarine means accepting constant confinement, long deployments, and absolute reliance on training and ...

Last year, a Russian “shadow fleet” vessel transported two submarine nuclear reactors to an uncertain destination in the Far East—but it never arrived. Rumors abound about the true extent and nature ...

The United States Navy has the largest fleet of nuclear submarines on the planet, and it just added a new one to the inventory. This new fifth generation submarine is an incredible machine, and it was ...

On the Wednesday, January 7, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: “The Nuclear Sponge” is a five-part project by USA TODAY that dives into the strategic debate and costs of modernizing the land leg ...

North Korea displayed apparent progress in the construction of a nuclear-powered submarine on December 25, with state media photos showing a largely completed hull, as leader Kim Jong Un condemned ...