By Greg Torode (Reuters) China is for the first time keeping at least one nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine constantly at sea, according to a Pentagon report – adding pressure on the United States and its allies as they try to counter Beijing’s growing military. ...
The Skybolt program, which also involved the participation of the United Kingdom, was ultimately cancelled in favor of the submarine-based Polaris system. U.S. President John F. Kennedy cancelled the program in the final weeks of 1962, weeks after the Cuban Missile Crisis. The United States ...
Russian navy’s newest nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine Generalissimo Suvorov is on its way to a temporary base for the Northern Fleet in the Arctic, the TASS news agency reported on Tuesday, citing an unidentified defence source. ...
Of the approximately 1,744 warheads that are deployed, 400 are on land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles, roughly 944 are on submarine-launched ballistic missiles, 300 are at bomber bases in the United States, and 100 tactical bombs are at European bases....
From his early 30s to his passing, Huang was closely linked to China's nuclear submarine force. He led the research and development of the nation's first-generation nuclear submarines — the Type 09I nuclear-powered a...
The submarine's crew is housed and fed in very tight, efficient quarters called theberthingandmess deck. Usually, this area is located in the middle level of the ship's forward compartment. Nitty-gritty Nuclear Within the nuclear reactor, a neutron is used to split an atom of uranium, prod...
Following technical problems, the Russian Navy is also rolling out its new Borey-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine. Russia's upgrades to its nuclear arsenal help justify modernization programs in other nuclear weapon states, and raise questions about Russia's commitment to its ...
Project 955 began with K-535 Yury Dolgoruky, commissioned in January 2013. This nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine is part of the Northern Fleet. As the flag of the Russian Navy was hoisted on this first submarine of Project 955, President Vladimir Putin promised that “vessels of this...
Launched in 1954, the Nautilus , the first nuclear submarine, ushered in a new era in the history of submersible vehicles. Since oxygen is not necessary for the nuclear propulsion system, the submerged duration of the more than 40 nuclear-powered, ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) and the ...
A type 094 Jin-class nuclear-capable ballistic missile submarine of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy participates in a naval parade in 2019. Mark Schiefelbein/AFP/Getty Images “The deployment of Arihant-class submarines will provide India some degree of parity with its Chinese c...