The Doomsday Ships: New U.S. Ballistic Missile Submarine Program

Modernization of naval strategic nuclear forces, including nuclear powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) and submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs), is a key strategic stability issue in the Russia-U.S. relationship. Whereas Russia launched the process quite a while ago and boasts three Project 955 submarines, the United States is only just ...