The Navy is racing to field a new generation of ballistic missile submarines that will eventually rank as the 12 largest ...

Key Points and Summary - The Ohio-class SSGNs were a post–Cold War judo move: convert four surplus ballistic-missile submarines into covert cruise-missile and special-operations platforms. -Each ...

The US Navy's oldest active submarine is back for operations in the Pacific after a three-year maintenance period. The USS Ohio is a first-in-class nuclear-powered guided-missile submarine. The ...

At about 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on June 21, a U.S. Navy nuclear-powered submarine launched over two dozen Tomahawk land attack cruise missiles into Iran, striking targeted infrastructure sites ...

A US Navy guided-missile submarine was involved in recent strikes on Iran's nuclear program. Ohio-class cruise-missile subs host massive firepower and are difficult to detect. But they're going to be ...

For decades, the United States Navy's Ohio-class nuclear submarines were the best unused weapons in the U.S. arsenal. This is because the Ohio-class was designed for one purpose: to deliver its ...

The Columbia class is slated to enter service in 2031—with very little room for error, as its predecessor, the Ohio-class SSBN, will be retired starting in 2017.