Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Navy’s undersea dominance is threatened by a shrinking force structure and an overstretched industrial base. While the Virginia-class Block V remains a formidable ...

China has ramped up its production of nuclear-powered submarines over the past five years to the point where it is launching subs faster than the United States, threatening to negate a sea-power ...

China’s next-gen Type 096 submarines and longer-range SLBMs could threaten more of the U.S. from bastions near home.

In 1958, the Soviet Union authorized Project 661 - a high-speed submarine built to launch a new anti-ship missile while submerged, without surfacing to attack. The result was the titanium-hulled ...