Nuclear-armed stealth submarines are hailed as the ultimate guarantor of a nation’s security, ensuring an assured second-strike capability by remaining hidden deep beneath the waves. Yet their very ...
An accident on board a Chinese conventional submarine has killed all of its 70 officers and crew, the official Xinhua news agency said today. The accident, which occurred in Chinese territorial ...
Submarines were among the most dangerous military occupations during World War II, with the U.S. Navy losing 52 submarines and 3,500 submariners—a 20% casualty rate. Although technology has ...
The U.S. Navy has a massive submarine fleet, and every vessel is nuclear-powered. It's been that way since the submarine force fully modernized with nuclear power with the decommissioning of its ...