On October 27, 1962, amid the Cuban Missile Crisis, one submarine almost started Armageddon.
While the USSR flushed the seas with submarines, in the USA one Hyman G. Rickover pushed the US Navy into nuclear submarines and set up USS...
From the ashes of World War II rose the two new big boys on the block: the USSR and the United States. And they both knew that submarines...
Yes, submarines can help end wars – when used properly. No, not you, Dönitz! Plus, a bone-chilling story.
The incredible war stories of Dudley Morton and Robert O’Kane exemplified how much the US submarine fleet in the Pacific changed in...
While things took a turn for the worse for Karl Dönitz and his U-boats in the Atlantic, in the Pacific the US Silent Service was now lead...
There are a couple of men whose name remain mostly unsung, but who were instrumental in preventing nuclear Armageddon during the Cold War. One of...
As early as 1955, the Soviets launched the world’s first Sea Launched Ballistic Missile, besting the USA and so introducing the world’s...
One man was instrumental in fomenting a revolution in the US Navy. What if you installed a nuclear reactor on a sub?, he thought.
When we think of submarines, we’re likely to conjure in our mind photos and videos of German U-boats sinking British transports in the...
Most submarine development action in the 1870-1900 period took place on the European continent. But though the British admiralty wasn’t interested in...
Every new development depends on geniuses. One of those was Narcis Monturiol.The American Civil War had ended and the US government was demobilizing...