Armed with nuclear missiles, the USS Growler acted as a deterrent to keep other nations from using their nuclear weapons ...

If the Soviet Navy’s base at Cienfuegos, Cuba, had been fully established before the Nixon administration intervened to stop ...

Each submarine in this class will be fitted with 16 missile tubes for launching Trident II D5 submarine-launched ballistic missiles. From boat nine onward, the remaining submarines will be ...

Current Ohio-class submarine reactors are at the end of ... that would ensure 296 missile tubes rather than 216. Option 2: Uploading More Warheads to Existing Ohio-Class Submarines.

These missile tubes can also accommodate additional stowage ... During conversion, each SSGN received the Common Submarine Radio Room and two High-Data-Rate antennas for significantly enhanced ...

K-219 was a Yankee-class boomer, or ballistic missile submarine, that carried nuclear weapons. On October 3, 1986, the K-219, with 16 R-27 nuclear missiles, sunk within 700 miles off the coast of ...

The United States Navy's submarine fleet is bigger than you ... The modification included converting the two forward-most missile tubes into lockout chambers for Navy SEALs to deploy from ...

Two of the 24 missile tubes were converted to chambers that ... "We have demonstrated the versatility of SSGN [guided missile submarine] platform to operate anywhere at any time," said the ...

India’s second nuclear-capable ballistic missile submarine joined its naval fleet ... that can be launched from four vertical launch tubes. But the range of the nuclear-tipped K-15 is thought ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — North Korea has launched a new ballistic missile submarine believed to be capable of firing both ballistic and cruise missiles. State media showed North Korean leader Kim ...