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The U.S. Navy’s Virginia-Class Submarine Is the Best on Earth (With a Giant Asterisk)

The U.S. Navy’s Virginia-class is the world’s best attack submarine. It blends the lethality of the Seawolf with revolutionary adaptability. -Its five key advantages are: versatility in both deep ...
Stars and Stripes

Virginia-class attack submarine is the new ‘backbone’ of Navy’s undersea service

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 ...

One Of The World's Most Advanced Nuclear Powered Submarines Completed Its First US Test

When it comes to naval strength, the US is peerless, and that tradition continues with the first rigorous sea test of this ...
The National Interest

The Virginia-class Submarine Is Stepping Up as the SSN(X) Faces Delays

Although the SSN(X) series will elevate US naval capabilities, the Virginia submarines should not be discounted. The US Navy’s recently proposed Fiscal Year 2025 budget has deferred the procurement of ...
The Connecticut Mirror

Courtney addresses budget ‘shortfall’ on Virginia-class submarines

In this Tuesday, July 1, 2014 photo, a missile hatch for a Virginia class nuclear powered submarine is worked on by Electric Boat employees at the company's Quonset Point facility, in North Kingstown, ...
Yahoo

Delays in Navy’s next-gen submarine threaten US seapower, report says

Then-Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti tours a Rhode Island facility responsible for helping make Virginia- and Columbia-class submarines in October 2023. (Chief MC Amanda R.