The British Royal Navy is building a new class of nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submarines. The British subs will have the same missile compartment as the US Navy's new missile subs. The name of ...

Summary: The British government is investing in the Dreadnought-class SSBN submarines to revitalize the Royal Navy and maintain a credible nuclear deterrent. -These submarines, set to enter service in ...

Aug. 23 (UPI) --A $64.8 million contract to General Dynamics to support work on the inner hull of the British nuclear submarine HMS Valiant has been awarded by the U.S. Navy. The ...

On September 21, Paul Kennedy, the J. Richardson Dilworth Professor of History and Director of International Security Studies at Yale, will give a lecture at Yale on 20th-century British naval history ...

As work begins on Britain's next generation of nuclear ballistic missile submarines, the first in the class has been given an historic name. The Queen today gave the royal assent for the largest-ever ...

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In 1906 the British Royal Navy commissioned HMS Dreadnought, a battleship that changed how surface warships were designed and sparked a naval arms race. Armed with five turrets bearing twin 12-inch ...