USS Florida, one of the Navy’s converted Ohio-class SSGNs, just wrapped up an extraordinary 727-day deployment that quietly ...

President Trump said Wednesday that South Korea can build a nuclear-powered submarine. "Our Military Alliance is stronger than ever before and, based on that, I have given them approval to build a ...

GYEONGJU, South Korea, Oct 29 (Reuters) - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Wednesday he hoped U.S. President Donald Trump would allow South Korea to have fuel for nuclear-propelled ...

During the height of the Cold War, the rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union spurred several technology-oriented races where both countries were trying to outdo the competition. The ...

How narco-submarines are playing a major role in global drug trafficking By Scott Simon Published October 25, 2025 at 6:42 AM CDT ...

Nuclear ballistic missile submarine District of Columbia (SSBN-826) is more than halfway completed, with major modules due to arrive at General Dynamics Electric Boat by the end of the year, company ...

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador — The commander of Ecuador’s coast guard gazed at the submarine that had been used to carry drugs with a defeated look in his eyes, exhausted from endless interdiction efforts that ...

A display of confiscated vessels at a naval base in Ecuador offers a peek at why drug smuggling is so hard to stop. By Maria Abi-Habib Photographs by Daniele Volpe Reporting from Guayaquil, Ecuador ...

South Korea launched the first of three new 3,600-ton submarines this week, marking another step in its efforts to strengthen its undersea fleet and counter threats from north of the border. The ROKS ...

The United States and its key NATO and Pacific allies—the United Kingdom and Japan—recently received a boost in building submarine fleets as their major naval adversaries Russia and China continue to ...

North Korea has likely received technical assistance from Russia to advance its submarine fleet. South Korean Defense Minister Shin Won-sik stated this during a parliamentary defense committee hearing ...