US Navy May Keep Older Nuclear Missile Subs Longer Over New ...

The US Navy may keep its older nuclear missile subs in the water for longer as the cost of its new missile sub balloons.

The US Navy may keep its older nuclear missile subs in the water for ...

On June 4, the US Navy laid the keel for USS District of Columbia, the first of its new Columbia-class nuclear-powered ballistic-missile ...

US Navy may accelerate investments to extend some Ohio subs' lives

— The U.S. Navy may begin investing in life extensions for some Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines earlier than expected, with the service ...

Navy Mulling Large Diameter Sub Hulls After 12 Columbias, SSN(X ...

ARLINGTON, Va. – After delivering the dozen nuclear ballistic missile submarines to meet the U.S. nuclear deterrent, the Navy could keep large ...

Navy Could Extend Life of Five Ohio-class Ballistic Missile Boats to ...

Key to the future work of extending the life of the Ohio SSBNs are the four Ohio nuclear guided-missile submarines, or SSGNs, the oldest in the ...

Columbia Submarine Fleet Production Should Be Radically Expanded

The Next Generation of Ballistic Missile Submarines. It is projected that beginning in 2030, the United States Navy will begin to replace the ...

Retirement of US Navy Ohio-class SSGN Now Only Two Years Away

The US Navy plans to retire its 40-year old Ohio-class nuclear-powered guided missile submarines (SSGN) in two years, with all four ships being divested in ...

Columbia-Class: The Stealth Missile Sub the U.S. Navy Is 'Drooling ...

The Columbia class was designed to maintain a credible nuclear deterrent. Despite the importance of this task, the cost of the new class has ...

The US Navy may keep its older nuclear missile subs in the water for ...

The US Navy is considering a "short-ish repair availability" to keep its aging Ohio-class subs around longer as it awaits its new Columbia-class subs.

US Navy wants to avoid shortfall of nuke-armed subs in 2030s

ARLINGTON, Va. — U.S. Navy officials are worried the service in the 2030s may have just enough nuclear-armed submarines to meet operational ...

Shipyards Building Two Submarine Classes Simultaneously

The service considers replenishment of the nation's undersea leg of the nuclear triad as its highest priority. The USS District of Columbia ( ...

Columbia-Class: The Navy's New Nuclear Missile Submarine Has 1 ...

The US Navy's Columbia-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine program, set to replace the aging Ohio-class boats, faces delays due to supplier ...

Nuclear submarines, crucial for U.S. defense and in short supply

But unless the oceans become transparent, which new technologies (e.g., swarms of underwater drones; abilities to detect faint wakes or ...

To Help America's New Subs, Retire The USS Boise And Hartford

Navy stakeholders suggest that the sub will only be back in fighting trim by 2024, just in time to meet the sub's scheduled 2025 decommissioning ...

Nuclear Power Plants on New Submarines May Last 40-Plus Years

The Navy hopes to have the first replacement for the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine on duty by 2031. When that vessel is launched, ...

Navy Trims New Missile Sub Cost to $7.2B, But Struggles to Keep ...

The last of the Navy's heavily in demand Ohio guided missile submarines will be gone in just five years with replacements decades away. By Joseph Trevithick.

United States Submarine Capabilities - The Nuclear Threat Initiative

In its current modernization drive, the U.S. Navy hopes to add two to three Virginia-class attack submarines annually to its fleet until the year 2043. However, ...

3 Questions: America's Next Nuclear-Missile Submarine

Built to deter America's enemies for the next 60 years, the Navy's new missile sub is slated to be the U.S. military's third most-expensive ...

Navy Virginia-Class Submarine Program and AUKUS Submarine ...

The new Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Regulator will draw on the experience of the US ... over a much larger Soviet submarine fleet ...

Columbia-class submarine - Wikipedia

The upcoming Columbia-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines of the United States Navy are designed to replace the Ohio class.