Britain's nuclear submarine fleet, long marketed as a round-the-clock shield, is facing intense pressure from aging boats, ...

The Royal Navy operated nineteen nuclear attack submarines across the course of the Cold War. As in the United States, the fall of the Soviet Union changed the requirements for the Royal Navy’s ...

Built by BAE Systems, the Astute is slated to become the Brit’s default SSN, replacing the Trafalgar class. In total, seven Astute submarines are expected to be built, culminating a project that began ...

Key Points and Summary - The United Kingdom has officially begun construction on its next-generation nuclear-powered attack submarines, the SSN-AUKUS class, which will replace the current Astute-class ...

Submarine warfare has been around since the American Civil War. In the decades since, subs have become high-tech military machines capable of taking part in a variety of missions. When people think of ...

Starting with the early years of the 2000s, the Royal Navy has been hard at work trying to better its submarine fleet. And with the help of the usual partners in this business, it managed to give ...

Australia is betting on a British program plagued by delays, underinvestment and workforce shortages – a gamble that risks ...

To say that submarines are a huge focus for the Royal Navy would be an understatement. With its final Astute-class submarines in build, and the ones in the Dreadnought class still in the beginning ...

The UK Royal Navy's fifth Astute-class nuclear-powered attack submarine, HMS Anson , was commissioned into service at BAE Systems' yard in Barrow-in-Furness, North West England, on 31 August.

The UK/US/Australian AUKUS nuclear attack submarine treaty is moving from diplomacy to nuts-and-bolts after the UK Ministry of Defence awarded a £3.95-billion (US$4.8 billion) contract to begin ...

HMS Artful: the UK Royal Navy's third Astute-class SSN. (BAE Systems) The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has funded BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce to undertake early design and concept development work for ...