Ohio, Michigan, Florida, and Georgia—retire between 2026–2028, removing up to 616 undersea Tomahawk cells and unmatched support for covert special operations. -Built in the 1980s as SSBNs, they were ...
Key Points and Summary – The Ohio-class SSGNs were a post–Cold War judo move: convert four surplus ballistic-missile submarines into covert cruise-missile and special-operations platforms. -Each ...
At about 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on June 21, a U.S. Navy nuclear-powered submarine launched over two dozen Tomahawk land attack cruise missiles into Iran, striking targeted infrastructure sites ...
Discover the 11 biggest submarines in the world. From Russia’s Typhoon-class to the U.S. Ohio-class, explore their size, ...
Retirement Drama: The fall of the USSR and Cold War’s end reshaped U.S. and Russian nuclear strategies, reflected in the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaties (START I & II). These treaties... What You ...
Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor is the only facility in the Pacific that can assemble and distribute Trident II D5 nuclear missiles.
Cmdr. James Kepper IV relinquished command of Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS West Virginia (SSBN 736) (Blue) to Cmdr. Joseph Sammur during a change of command ceremony Aug. 14 aboard Na ...
A rare US Navy E-6B Mercury nuclear command and control aircraft is crossing the Atlantic toward Europe, drawing attention as ...
The White House has requested that Congress include $3.93 billion for procurement of a Columbia-class submarine in its consideration of a potential ...
March 3, 2025: Russia has built 64 cruise missile armed SSGN submarines since the 1950s. The U.S. Navy has only built four. These four SSGNs are being retired by the early 2030s. Despite their ...
The USS Ohio’s visit to Brisbane comes in advance of the upcoming 80th anniversary of World War II in the Pacific, and highlights the significance of the Australian city. The submarine joined the ...