Nuclear Submarines

Australian deputy prime minister and minister of defense Richard Marles explained that the country will be ready to choose a nuclear submarine design sometime in 2023. Canberra would also like...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Under a program known as Continuous At Sea Deterrence (CASD) at least one submarine is on patrol at all times, with another coming off patrol,...

First, ditch the notion of building in Adelaide. Construction in Australia is the single factor that cripples Australia’s plan to acquire at least eight nuclear-powered submarines. It’s the sole reason...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: America’s intent in the aftermath of the Chinese tests was to signal U.S. strength with just the right amount and kind of potential force. Nuclear...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Australia is as well placed as anyone to drive a more energetic search for regional arrangements that will allow even a player as large and...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The idea never left the drawing board, but had it, the vessel would have been rather unsafe for the crew — and possibly anyone...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: China also has a wide range of nuclear weapon delivery systems. These are mostly ballistic missiles of various ranges, which can carry nuclear warheads to...

Here’s What You Need to Know: The Ohio class will serve on until the end of the 2020s, and may even receive some additional acoustic stealth upgrades until they are replaced by a...

Here’s What You Need to Know: The next generation of boomers could serve until 2085. (This article first appeared in 2017.) Nine years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki,...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The bow of the USS San Francisco was shattered, the frontal thirty feet or so were crushed and exposed to the sea. Water was rushing...

In Adelaide’s The Advertiser newspaper on 7 March, former defence minister Christopher Pyne said, ‘Then there is the nonsensical argument that the Attack Class submarines are no good because they aren’t nuclear. Almost...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Britain isn’t the only nation that has problems disposing of nuclear warships. The Soviet Union sank nineteen nuclear vessels, and fourteen shipborne nuclear reactors, at...