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The Virginia-class submarine can’t stop the Tomahawk cruise missile shortage

Summary and Key Points: Defense analyst Jack Buckby evaluates the critical "magazine depth" crisis facing the U.S. Navy as the four Ohio-class SSGNs (USS Ohio, Michigan, Florida, and Georgia) enter ...
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The U.S. Navy’s New Stealth SSN(X) Submarine Summed in 2 Words

Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Navy's undersea dominance is threatened by a shrinking force structure and an overstretched industrial base. While the Virginia-class Block V remains a formidable ...
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Switcheroos have marked the naming of Navy submarines for decades

This month, a welder at a Virginia shipyard etched the keel plate of the USS Barb, the ceremonial birthing of a new submarine. The Virginia-class fast attack submarine joins hundreds of Navy subs ...
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Report to Congress on the Virginia-class Submarine Program and AUKUS Pillar I

Virginia-class submarine program. The Navy has been procuring Virginia (SSN-774) class nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) since FY1998, and a total of 41 have been procured through FY2025. From ...
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Navy Commissions New Virginia-class Attack Boat USS Massachusetts in Boston Ceremony

USS Constitution sails past the Virginia-class nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine USS Massachusetts (SSN-798) during Massachusetts’ commissioning in Boston, on March 28, 2026. US Navy photo A new ...