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Virginia-class submarine
![$3 Billion Deal With UK Advances Australia’s Quest for Nuclear-powered Submarines $3 Billion Deal With UK Advances Australia’s Quest for Nuclear-powered Submarines](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-03-22-154102.jpg)
$3 Billion Deal With UK Advances Australia’s Quest for Nuclear-powered Submarines
By Keiran Smith
The announcement came a day after the two countries signed a defense and security pact.
![Leaping Into the Unknown: AUKUS and Australia’s Nuclear Submarines Leaping Into the Unknown: AUKUS and Australia’s Nuclear Submarines](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-03-15-125637.jpg)
Leaping Into the Unknown: AUKUS and Australia’s Nuclear Submarines
By Richard Maude
The plan announced on Monday is ambitious, massively expensive, and laden with risk far exceeding anything Australia has attempted before.
![Contract Awarded for US Submarines’ Expanded Launch Capacity Contract Awarded for US Submarines’ Expanded Launch Capacity](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-160527-n-n0101-134.jpg)
Contract Awarded for US Submarines’ Expanded Launch Capacity
By Steven Stashwick
New Virginia-class module triples cruise missile payload and enables future weapons.
![US Pacific Command Needs More Submarines as Navy Struggles to Maintain Force US Pacific Command Needs More Submarines as Navy Struggles to Maintain Force](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-washington_seatrials_mar2017.jpg)
US Pacific Command Needs More Submarines as Navy Struggles to Maintain Force
By Steven Stashwick
Years of maintenance shortfalls have left subs tied to piers as China’s fleet expands.
![Australia’s Submarines: The US Option Australia’s Submarines: The US Option](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-11-01_08-12-24.jpg)
Australia’s Submarines: The US Option
By David Hamon and Christine M. Leah
Why leasing U.S. boats might be Canberra’s best option.
![China’s Nuclear Submarine Distraction China’s Nuclear Submarine Distraction](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-10-01_14-16-48.jpg)
China’s Nuclear Submarine Distraction
By Robert Potter
Appearing to be powerful can sometimes distract from building the capability that generates power.
![How Many Attack Submarines Does the United States Need? How Many Attack Submarines Does the United States Need?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-04-14_15-39-24.jpg)
How Many Attack Submarines Does the United States Need?
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The U.S. Navy may face a critical shortfall in Virginia-class boats in the next decade.
![China’s Underwater A2/AD Strategy China’s Underwater A2/AD Strategy](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-05-05_18-01-05.jpg)
China’s Underwater A2/AD Strategy
By Harry Kazianis
New research suggests China is deploying a fixed ocean-floor acoustic arrays system for anti-submarine warfare.
![America’s Undersea Advantage is Eroding America’s Undersea Advantage is Eroding](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/sizes/thumbnail/China8.jpg)
America’s Undersea Advantage is Eroding
With the U.S. Navy’s diminishing submarines and outdated armaments, the undersea balance in Asia is changing.
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