The British Royal Navy is building a new class of nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submarines. The British subs will have the same missile compartment as the US Navy's new missile subs. The name of ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The notion that a warship could go from being the world class to obsolete in a decade (perhaps less, given how quickly new ships outclassed Dreadnought) is almost ...

We trace the leap from wooden sailing fleets to steel warships, showing how gunpowder, shellfire, and steam power forced ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The notion that a warship could go from being the world class to obsolete in a decade (perhaps less, given how quickly new ships outclassed Dreadnought) is almost ...

LONDON — The first of the Royal Navy’s future ballistic nuclear missile submarines will be known as HMS Dreadnought, the UK Ministry of Defence announced on Friday. The decision revives a famous old ...

We were impressed by HMS Anson, the UK Royal Navy’s newest hunter-killer submarine that recently completed its first underwater testing. But there’s something even greater waiting to come to the ...

What will warships look like in three decades? Meet the next-generation HMS Dreadnought. The British Ministry of Defence and Royal Navy challenged young scientists and engineers to design a future ...

Feb. 10 may not seem like the most exciting day, but throughout history it has held some of the most high-profile events in science and technology. HMS Dreadnought was launched, ushering in a new era ...

"Like the original Dreadnought it would make all competitors obsolete. That's precisely the sort of new thinking we must encourage." -- Michael Fallon, UK Secretary of State for Defence HMS ...