Columbia-class submarines will be the largest ever built for the US Navy, with a submerged displacement of 20,810 tons and an ...

The US Navy (USN) and the UK Royal Navy (RN) will start the Increment 8 phase of the UGM-133 Trident II modernisation process next year. This intercontinental submarine-launched ballistic missile ...

In a more discreet fashion than it does when it comes to its upcoming warplanes, America's military is also seriously revamping its submarine power. Five years ago, for instance, it started building a ...

The bow section of the US Navy’s first future ballistic-missile submarine, USS District of Columbia (SSBN-826), has left ...

A test of Britain's nuclear deterrent system ended in failure for the second time. The incident involved a $70 million Trident missile that both the US and UK have in their arsenal. Their high price ...

Northrop Grumman has received a U.S. Navy contract worth approximately $318.7 million to continue providing technical engineering and integration support services for the Trident II (D-5) ...

Nuclear modernisation efforts aren’t undertaken lightly—necessity is typically the driver. The nuclear world is bifurcating. Along one fork sit those favouring the nuclear ban treaty—affronted by the ...

London — Britain's Defense Secretary Grant Shapps sought to reassure U.K. lawmakers Wednesday that the country's nuclear deterrent weapons program was functional and ready to be called upon if needed ...

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