SLBMs can be launched from underwater nearly anywhere in the world—and are incredibly difficult to intercept, making them ideal second-strike nuclear weapons.

The U.S. Navy has effectively deployed its massive industrial and strategic arsenal to realize the most ambitious submarine ...

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 ...

Last month, the Navy conducted four scheduled test launches of unarmed Trident II D5 missiles from an Ohio-class submarine off Florida’s east coast. Some observers read the timing as quiet signaling ...

Conversion of the USS Ohio into a cruise missile submarine (SGN) began in November 2002. The work was completed in January ...

French president Emmanuel Macron speaks to the crew of the submarine "Le Terrible" from the operations center of the vessel. (Fred Tanneau/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) PARIS — France introduced a ...

India currently operates two ballistic missile submarines as its sea-based strategic deterrent against neighbors China and ...

A Niles native played a key role in a naval training event that gave sailors a rare opportunity to peek behind the curtain of ...

Besides the strike potential, the modernization program of the Russian Navy, recognized by Forbes as the largest since the Cold War, is aimed not at simply increasing the number of ships, but at ...