From Inside Defense: Navy can only meet half of submarine requirements in Pacific

The Navy can only meet half of the requirements for attack submarines from U.S. Pacific Command, according to a top military officer. The attack submarine...

From Breaking Defense: PACOM’s Harris Urges More Subs, PGMs, Ships At HASC

While North Korea threatens to shoot and sink American aircraft carriers and launch nuclear weapons, Pacific Command is running short of precision-guided munitions. And Pacific...

From Breaking Defense: 355-Ship Navy Takes At Least 18 Years: CBO

President Trump and the US Navy want a 355-ship fleet, but even if you double shipbuilding budgets compared to historic levels, it can’t be done...

From Defense News: Missile submarine joins US naval ‘armada’ in Korea

WASHINGTON — It may not be “far more powerful than the aircraft carrier” — as President Trump said in a recent interview, but a well-armed...

From the Associated Press: Women in the military: US Navy redesigning its submarines

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Every submarine in the U.S. fleet was designed with the height, reach and strength of men in mind, from the way...

From Politico: How Trump Can Build a 350-Ship Navy

When President Donald Trump wanted to send a message to North Korea, he did it the old-fashioned way: by sending the USS Carl Vinson—a Nimitz-class...

From the Day: Submarine force makes birthday wish: more boats

Groton —  From one to 70. That’s one measure of how far the submarine force has come. Tuesday marked 117 years since the Navy purchased...

From the Norwich Bulletin: Submarine force, the ‘sword and shield’ of the sea, celebrates 117th birthday

GROTON — Having served on five submarines in his 20-year career, Navy veteran Chuck Norris, of Norwich, has a fierce loyalty to the “silent service,”...