Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Navy faces a “worsening attack submarine deficit” because its aging Los Angeles-class submarines are retiring faster than new Virginia-class boats can be built.
BREMERTON, Wash. — The Navy officially has a new “backbone” of its submarine fleet that is bigger, faster, quieter, and has more endurance and firepower than the Vietnam War-era design it passed by in ...
A Virginia-class attack submarine is in port in Australia for the second maintenance period of a nuclear-powered boat on ...
Electric Boat is producing Virginia class submarines, which now cost more than $4 billion a ship; they are unmatched in ...