The Red October, featured in both a Tom Clancy novel and a movie starring Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin, seemed so genuine.

Sailors aboard the Virginia-class fast attack submarine Iowa man the rails during a commissioning ceremony in Groton, Connecticut, on Saturday. (John Narewski/U.S. Navy) Advertisement ...

SSN-797 was commissioned as USS Iowa, the first Virginia-class submarine of the second Trump administration. It was described as “just the beginning” of a revitalisation of US naval shipbuilding by ...

Forget the military requirement. The Typhoon-class is the biggest submarine ever built, period (at least that we know of). Known as the Akula in the Soviet Union, the sub was a child of the Cold ...

Defence sources believe they were planted to gather intelligence on the UK’s four Vanguard-class submarines. These carry nuclear missiles and are meant to operate undetected as part of the UK ...

“Consistent funding for the supply base is essential to achieve the high-rate production the Navy requires of the entire submarine enterprise.” Virginia-class submarines are designed from the ...

“As an Iowan, it’s powerful to stand here with this cutting edge Virginia class submarine behind me as it prepares to begin its decades of service bearing the iconic name U.S.S. Iowa ...

The U.S. Navy commissioned its 24th Virginia-class fast-attack submarine, USS Iowa (SSN 797), in a traditional ceremony held April 5, at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut.

April 5, 2025. US Navy Photo USS Iowa (SSN-797), the 24th submarine of the Virginia-class, was commissioned at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut, on Saturday. The 7,800-ton ...

The United States will sell three Virginia-class submarines to Australia between 2032 and 2042, though Congress is concerned about that timeline, as USNI News has reported. Meanwhile, Australia ...