During the Cold War, the term strategic forces referred to nuclear weapons deployed on strategic delivery systems: ...

Although the U.S. currently has a larger and vastly superior fleet of nuclear-powered submarines, there is no question Xi’s nuclear submarine construction enterprise is striving to catch up.

Names for Navy ships traditionally have been chosen and announced by the Secretary of the Navy, under the direction of the President and in accordance with rules prescribed by Congress. Rules for ...

In 2024, India commissioned INS Arighaat, its second Arihant-class Ship, Submersible, Ballistic, Nuclear Submarine (SSBN). This development reinforced India’s strategic balance and peacekeeping ...

A detailed model has provided what’s likely our best idea of how the U.K. Royal Navy’s new Dreadnought class nuclear ballistic submarine, or SSBN will appear. The four Dreadnought boats represent one ...

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Royalty-free licenses let you pay once to use copyrighted images and video clips in personal and commercial projects on an ongoing basis without requiring additional payments each time you use that ...

The Defence Ministry has deemed Larsen and Toubro's bid for the Rs 70,000 crore submarine project non-compliant due to unmet Indian Navy requirements, leaving Mazagaon Dockyards Limited with ...

The UK has tracked a Russian spy ship in its waters twice in recent months. In November, a British submarine followed the vessel and surfaced nearby to turn it away. The UK defense secretary said ...

A Royal Navy submarine surfaced just yards from a Russian spy ship in a dramatic show of force to protect British waters. The nuclear-powered HMS Astute emerged from the depths after the Kremlin ...

It comes after the new Syrian government terminates a 49-year lease on the base the Kremlin brokered with the Bashar al-Assad regime in 2019 Russia’s crucial diesel attack submarines can likely ...