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The Virginia-class submarine can’t stop the Tomahawk cruise missile shortage

Jack Buckby, a New York-based defense analyst and national security researcher, evaluates the mounting "firepower deficit" as the U.S. Navy attempts to replace the Ohio-class SSGN with the Virginia ...
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 ...
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Work starts on 31st Virginia-class attack submarine

The keel was laid this week for the future USS Barb, the 31st Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine, as the Navy continues to transition away from dependence on the Cold War-era Los ...
USNI

Report to Congress on the Virginia-class Submarine Program and AUKUS Pillar I

Virginia-class submarine program. The Navy has been procuring Virginia (SSN-774) class nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) since FY1998, and a total of 41 have been procured through FY2025. From ...
BGR

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

Newport News Shipbuilding and General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) are readying a nuclear submarine for delivery to the U.S. Navy. Christened in May 2023, the Virginia-class attack sub USS ...
USNI

HII CEO: New Agreement for 15 Submarines Could be Done by End of Year

Rendering of Block V Virginia-class submarine with Virginia Payload Module. General Dynamics Electric Boat Image The multi-year deal to buy 15 nuclear submarines for the U.S. Navy that has been ...