GEOJE, South Korea, Oct. 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea was to hold a launch ceremony for its first 3,600-ton-class naval submarine Wednesday, the Navy and the arms procurement agency said, in a bid to ...

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) said Tuesday that its Newport News Shipbuilding division has completed initial sea trials for the Virginia-class attack submarine Massachusetts (SSN 798), marking a ...

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 ...

South Korea launched the first of three new 3,600-ton submarines this week, marking another step in its efforts to strengthen its undersea fleet and counter threats from north of the border. The ROKS ...

China’s Victory Day parade in September showed off a new, uncrewed submarine the size of a semi-truck — meant to keep tabs on US vessels and seafloor cables — and shined a spotlight on Beijing’s ...

In recent months, intensifying conflict around the world has called new attention to the possibility of military confrontation between nuclear-armed states. To meet these challenges, the United States ...

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It is clear that the United States still holds an edge over China in the undersea domain. But the margins are shrinking. China’s rapidly expanding and modernizing submarine force challenges the United ...

With US shipbuilding faltering and China’s navy surging ahead, Australia and Japan should formalise their growing security partnership into a full defence alliance — anchored by the joint development ...