Fear the 'Gray Ghost' US Navy commissions USS Iowa submarine to enter service
The new USS Iowa sub, SSN 797, was commissioned Saturday morning during a special ceremony at Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut. Her maiden voyage will begin on Nov. 4, Commanding ...
USS Iowa submarine commissioned in Connecticut, now in active service
The latest Virginia-class nuclear powered submarine to join the U.S. fleet. The vessel was commissioned in a ceremony on ...
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US submarines’ extended firepower with advanced missile tubes to bolster attack impact
A British defense firm is set to make missile tubes for the United States’ Block VI Virginia-class submarines. BAE Systems ...
There’s No Question: This 1981 War Epic Is the Best Submarine Movie Ever, and Rotten Tomatoes Agrees
War is brutal, exhausting, and, more often than not, meaningless. That's one key message that Wolfgang Petersen’s 1981 World War II picture Das Boot puts across more powerfully than most war movies.
Why hunting submarines could get a lot harder as the seas heat up
Submarines need to operate stealthily and quietly. In some areas, warming waters and changing salinity levels could make that ...
USS Iowa: The Future of U.S. Navy Warfare with Advanced Technology and Enhanced Capabilities
Armament Configuration: The submarine boasts four torpedo tubes and two Virginia Payload Tubes (VPT), which can carry Tomahawk missiles capable of striking targets over 1,200 miles away. This armament ...
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This New Russian Submarine Will Be the First to Carry the Tsirkon Hypersonic Missile
Vladimir Putin attended a ceremony to announce the launch of the sixth and newest Project 885M Yasen-M nuclear-powered fast ...
The U.S. Navy's newest submarine, the USS Iowa, built and stationed in Connecticut, ready for duty
The Navy's new submarine, USS Iowa, was constructed by Groton-based General Dynamics Electric Boat and it will be based at ...
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North Korea Now Has a Nuclear Submarine—And There’s Only One Place They Could Have Gotten It From
North Korea’s indigenous technological base is clearly insufficient to have developed the submarine on its own—almost ...
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Navy Pushing Innovation to Build the Next Generation of Submarines, Says Admiral
The Navy is counting on innovations to help it build and staff submarines and ships more efficiently as demand for the ...
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Navy to Commission Submarine Iowa
GROTON, Conn. — The Navy will commission the 24th Virginia-class fast-attack submarine, the future USS Iowa (SSN 797), during a 10 a.m. EST ceremony Saturday, April 5, at Naval Submarine Base New ...