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I toured the only nuclear-missile submarine in the US open to the public. Take a look inside.
Armed with nuclear missiles, the USS Growler acted as a deterrent to keep other nations from using their nuclear weapons ...
North Korea gaining military edge as Russia seeks war-time supplies
North Korea is rapidly modernising its military with Russian support, gaining advanced weapons, battlefield experience, and ...
The National Interest on MSN3d
How the Soviet Yankee-Class Submarine Almost Caused a Second Cuban Missile Crisis
If the Soviet Navy’s base at Cienfuegos, Cuba, had been fully established before the Nixon administration intervened to stop ...
Modern Engineering Marvels on MSN2d
Inside the USS Growler: A Rare Glimpse at Cold War Deterrence, Submarine Life, and the Evolution of Undersea Technology
Not our idea, of fun and good cheers, but doing our job to ensure many New Years. These lines, written by Lt. (j.g.) Bruce ...
Would Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ keep the US safe – and do space lasers work?
In January, the president made an executive order calling for what he described as an “Iron Dome for America”, a reference to ...
A Royal Navy aircraft carrier is inside a hostile missile footprint. Can it survive?
Right now, the ships of Operation Highmast – the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales and her group – will be headed for the ...
North Korea Gets a Weapons Bonanza From Russia
Kim Jong-un seized on Russia’s need for support in its war against Ukraine. His reward is a rapidly modernizing military that ...
Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ system is an expensive way to make America less safe
Last week, President Donald Trump boasted of the inclusion of the “Golden Dome” missile defense program in the One Big ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN8d
USN Submarine Classes: Sea Wolf, Los Angeles, Virginia, and Ohio
The four pillars of America's undersea fleet are the fast and lethal Los Angeles-class, the ultra-quiet and powerful Sea Wolf ...
Navy opens the curtain, a bit, to life aboard one of its San Diego-based submarines
The Alex, as the Alexandria is called, is a 360-foot-long, Cold War-era submarine designed to hunt enemy submarines and ...
Royal Navy to replace tugs that escort nuclear submarines through Scottish lochs
The Royal Navy plans to replace the tugs that guide Britain’s £1bn nuclear submarines through narrow Scottish lochs as part ...
Story of BrahMos: the ‘fire and forget’, stealthy cruise missile India likely used against Pakistan
Russia collaboration, the BrahMos is a versatile missile which has proved its capabilities across its land-based, ship-based, air-launched and submarine-based versions.