Russia’s Akula I-class nuclear-powered attack submarines (Project 971U), introduced in the late 1980s, remain operationally ...

For SLBMs, the Ohio-class, which is being replaced by the Columbia-class, carries UGM-133A Trident II D5 missiles. These SLBMs are launched from vertical tubes within the submarines. The launch ...

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

These missile tubes can also accommodate additional stowage canisters for SOF equipment, food, and other consumables to extend the submarines’ ability to remain forward deployed in support of ...

25 Los Angeles class submarines are currently in commission. Each one is armed with 12 Vertical Launch System tubes for firing Tomahawk cruise missiles. They have 25 torpedo tube-launched weapons ...

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 ...

particularly with its eventual third and fourth submarines (which will have more missile tubes and longer-range missiles),” Korda said in an email to CNN. India’s next ballistic missile subs ...

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 ...

The United States Navy's submarine fleet is bigger than you think, consisting of more than 70 subs, but Russia's comes in a close second with roughly 64 vessels in its arsenal. It has 16 ballistic ...

Satellite imagery captured a rare scene at a shipyard in China earlier this month, which showed a Chinese nuclear-powered submarine with its missile launch tube hatches open.