“The Columbia-class program is building the largest submarines the U.S. Navy has ever put to sea and it still has almost no room for delay.” Intended as the sea-based pillar of U.S. strategic ...

The Navy is racing to field a new generation of ballistic missile submarines that will eventually rank as the 12 largest boats it has ever operated, aiming to close a looming nuclear deterrent gap as ...

The Columbia-class submarine outstrips its predecessor, the Ohio class, in many ways—but falls short in one conspicuous one.