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The US Navy’s SSN(X) submarine program is slowly sinking
The US Navy does not have the capacity to build the SSN(X) submarines at scale—but rather than acknowledging this, it has simply attempted to delay their completion dates.
The Navy’s Columbia (SSBN-826) class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) aims to design and build a class of 12 new SSBNs to replace the Navy’s current force of 14 aging Ohio-class SSBNs. Since 2013, ...
Artist’s rendering of the Columbia-class SSBN submarine. US Navy image Lawmakers are allowing the Navy flexibility in how it purchases the next two aircraft carriers and five ballistic missile ...
Their latest nuclear submarines, the Type 096 SSN and Type 094 SSBN, appear to have closed the quality and performance gap with similar Russian subs. Except for one item; the Chinese subs are still ...
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