The Strategic Defence Review is believed to recommend boosting the UK's missile defence. But there are huge costs involved ...

The Russian Typhoon-class SSBN (Project 941 "Akula") is the largest nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine ever built.

The submarine was due to be named HMS Agincourt, but will now follow HMS Agamemnon's lead, being named after a warrior from the Iliad. The UK Royal Navy (RN) has changed the name of the final Astute ...

Virginia-class submarine program. The Navy has been procuring Virginia (SSN-774) class nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) since FY1998, and a total of 40 have been procured through FY2024.

China's latest innovation can track the quietest vessels and submarines using the magnetic fields generated by their wakes.

HSwMS Halland is the final Gotland-class submarine to receive an MLU that aims to keep the class of three boats in service out to at least 2030. (Royal Swedish Navy) Saab has relaunched the Royal ...

One of the most unique and interesting submarines was the old Alfa-class nuclear-powered submarine. Known as Project 705 Lyra, the Alfa-class was meant to push the boundaries of undersea speed ...

In the fifth of a series on Chinese weapons systems, we look at the country’s submarine developments. In the depths of the South China Sea, a fully armed black giant glides through the waters ...

There will be no quotes from William Shakespeare’s play Henry V used as the motto for the Royal Navy’s seventh and final Astute-class nuclear-powered attack submarine. The boat, which is now ...

In the realm of naval warfare, the Typhoon class of submarines absolutely qualify. Six Typhoon-class submarines were built by the Soviet Union, first introduced in December 1981, and their ...