From Defense One: House Speaker: Budget Fights Have ‘Pushed Our Military Past the Breaking Point’

Paul Ryan brought defense hawks’ concerns about readiness and funding to the spotlight as Congress struggles to avert a government shutdown. “Rebuilding the military” is...

From War on the Rocks: The National Security Strategy’s Implications for Seapower

The 2017 National Security Strategy is a statement of Trump administration priorities, and its central tenets can be directly traced to statements made by Donald...

From the National Interest: The Navy Needs More Nuclear Attack Submarines (And Congress Is Coming to the Rescue)

A bipartisan group of Congressmen are lobbying the House Appropriations Committee to increase funding levels for the U.S. Navy submarine fleet. In a letter addressed...

From the New London Day: $700 billion defense policy bill signed by Trump “paves” the way for more submarines

Before signing the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act into law Tuesday, President Donald Trump highlighted some of its key provisions, saying it “paves the way...

From Business Insider: We took a rare tour of one of the US Navy’s most dangerous warships — nicknamed the ‘Sledgehammer of Freedom’

TThe USS John Warner, a Virginia-class attack submarine commissioned in 2015, is the US’s third-newest sub. We got the chance to tour the Warner as...

From the New London Day: More subs if Trump signs $700B defense bill, but funding uncertain

Awaiting President Donald Trump’s signature is a bill authorizing a $700 billion budget for the military, including billions for Connecticut’s submarine industrial base and more...

From Breaking Defense: Industry Can Build 355 Ships, But Which Ones?

WASHINGTON: Sure, American industry can build the 355-ship fleet both Trump and the admirals want, three former Navy Secretaries said today. We can even build...

From the U.S. Naval Institute News: Navy Only Interested in Stable 2-A-Year Attack Boat Build Rate Despite Congressional Authority to Buy More

THE PENTAGON – The Navy’s undersea warfare division is eyeing a stable two-a-year attack submarine rate to reach its ultimate goal of a 66-SSN fleet,...