AUKUS’s legislative ask
On Capitol Hill, Navy Under Secretary Erik Raven; Vice Adm. William Houston, commander of naval submarine forces; Rear Adm. Jonathan Rucker, program executive officer...
AUKUS subs to cause decade dip for US
The U.S. nuclear attack submarine inventory will experience a nearly decade-long dip due to the AUKUS partnership, according to a new Congressional Budget Office...
AUKUS: the three uncertainties
By Nishank Motwani*
At think tank gatherings over the past few months in Washington, I asked foreign and security policy analysts about their thoughts on...
N-subs: worth the wait and cost
By Kim Beazley*
The United States has never sold a nuclear-powered vessel to any nation. In 1958 it transferred technology that enabled the UK to...
Russian sub goes under Arctic ice sheet
Almost two months after it set out from the Kola Peninsula, nuclear powered Borei-class sub Generalissimus Suvorov arrives in its new home base of...
US undersea fleet getting stronger
Seth Cropsey’s recent commentary in the Wall Street Journal on the state of the US submarine force unfortunately omits numerous recent developments that cast...
Brazilian N-sub a step closer
On October 4, 2023, the first steel plates of a test section for the future nuclear-powered attack submarine "Álvaro Alberto" were cut during a...
Third nuclear submarine shipyard needed
The Pentagon needs a third shipyard that can build nuclear-powered ships so the U.S. can keep pace with China and Russia’s nuclear modernization, a...
Remains of submersible Titan recovered
The Coast Guard has recovered remaining debris, including presumed human remains, from a submersible that imploded on its way to explore the wreck of the...
The fraught task of submarine rescue
By Andrew Song*
In the race against time, recent history demonstrates that technology remains limited for submarine search and rescue efforts. (The Centre for International...