Modern nuclear forces increasingly rely on platforms built for a single, unforgiving task. Just as […] ...

The design, construction, and deployment of the Resolution-class was claimed to have been the only British defense procurement program to have been completed under budget. Part of that may be owed to ...

In Memoriam: Captain Charles Robert MacVean, USN, (Ret.), PhDMarch 22, 1937 – September 10, 2025The book, Blind Man’s Bluff, describes the secret USN submarine operations known as “The Projects.” It ...

June 13, 2025: China recently did something unusual, they revealed details of their 8,000-ton Type 094 nuclear powered SSBN. This ballistic missile carrying boat is 135 meters long and 13 meters wide ...

February 27, 2025: SSBNs are nuclear powered ballistic missile submarines. The Russian Navy is more than halfway through its SSBN upgrade and refurbishment program. Currently Russia has fifteen SSBNs ...

The overhaul of HMS Victorious will allow the boat to carry out deterrent patrols until the next generation of SSBNs, the Dreadnought class, enters service. (Babcock) Babcock has been awarded a ...

French Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly has launched the Sous-marin Nucléaire Lanceur d’Engins de 3e Génération (SNLE 3G) third-generation strategic ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) programme, ...

There is a concept that has come to be known as “bomber diplomacy,” in which the United States uses its strategic bombers as a broader foreign and security policy tool. It has become a common sight in ...