Each Block V Virginia-class submarine can carry up to 40 Tomahawk cruise missiles a loadout that pushes an attack boat into the traditional territory of much larger guided-missile submarines. This one ...

Virginia-class Block V Submarine – The United States Navy’s Virginia-class submarines – also known as the SSN-774 class – of nuclear-powered cruise missile fast-attack submarines were developed in the ...

The U.S. Navy is trying to pull off a difficult trick: replace the retiring Ohio-class guided-missile submarines without losing the ability to unleash massive salvos of cruise missiles from the deep.