Navy awards $76.6 billion for Virginia, Columbia-class submarines

The U.S. Navy is spending $76.6 billion to build five Columbia-class and nine Virginia-class submarines.

Russia said it is going to commission its new submarine, Perm, by the end of 2026, where it comes pre-equipped with launchers for the Zircon missiles – the same missiles that saw increased use in recent air raids against Ukrainian cities as Russia exploits Kyiv’s Patriot missile shortage.