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Virginia Block III: The Revised Bow

Virginia Block III: The Revised Bow

Virginia Block I-II (click for SuperSize) "GDEB Receives $148M as Virginia Class Lead Yard" described changes to the Virginia Class submarine's design that are expected to reach 20% of the $200 million savings goal by the time orders for the versatile sea attack/ land...

Tomahawk’s Chops: xGM-109 Block IV Cruise Missiles

Tomahawk’s Chops: xGM-109 Block IV Cruise Missiles

Block IV Cutaway (click to view full) Block IV Tomahawk is the current generation of the Tomahawk family of cruise missiles. The BGM-109 Tomahawk family began life in the 1980s as sub-sonic, low-flying nuclear strike weapons, before being developed into long-range...

Astute Buy? Britain Spends Big on its Next Fast Submarines

Astute Buy? Britain Spends Big on its Next Fast Submarines

Astute, pre-launch (click to view full) Britain retired its nuclear-powered 4,900t SSN Swiftsure Class fast attack boats in 2010, and has begun phasing out its follow-on 5,300t SSN Trafalgar Class, before the effects of the ocean's constant squeezing and release start...

S-80: A Sub, for Spain, to Sail Out on the Main

S-80: A Sub, for Spain, to Sail Out on the Main

S-80 cutaway, labeled(click to view full) The CIM-2000 Scorpene class diesel-electric attack submarine partnership was just the first step for Spain's Navantia, as it joined with France's DCNS to enter the global submarine market. Now Navantia is building on that base...