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Key Points and Summary – In 2015, the French Navy’s compact Rubis-class nuclear attack submarine Saphir slipped through the layered defenses of the aircraft...
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Key Points and Summary – In 2015, the French Navy’s compact Rubis-class nuclear attack submarine Saphir slipped through the layered defenses of the aircraft...
Key Points and Summary – South Korea’s KSS-III program is the Navy’s pivot from German-derived boats to a truly indigenous submarine built for long,...
Synopsis: This piece examines Russia’s planned Laika- or “Husky”-class submarine, a fifth-generation design meant to restore Moscow’s undersea edge despite wartime strain. -Projected to...
Key Points and Summary – The loss of the USS Scorpion (SSN-589) submarine remains one of the U.S. Navy’s most haunting unsolved mysteries, claiming...
Key Points and Summary – The 1985 K-431 Russian Navy nuclear submarine accident wasn’t a battle loss but a refueling catastrophe at Chazhma Bay...
Key Points and Summary – Russia’s Yasen-class nuclear attack submarines are emerging as the sharpest edge of Vladimir Putin’s “blue water” navy. -The latest...
Key Points and Summary – Canadian Victoria-class submarines have repeatedly penetrated NATO and allied carrier groups during exercises, scoring simulated torpedo “kills” on high-value...
Key Points and Summary – Lockheed’s S-3 Viking arrived as the Navy’s submarine hunter, built to replace the S-2 Tracker and stalk Soviet boats...
Key Points and Summary – As drones proliferate, navies are revisiting an old idea with new technology: the aircraft-carrying submarine. Past concepts failed because...
Key Points and Summary: Japan Needs Nuclear-Powered Submarines -Japan’s superb diesel-electric submarines were built for short, proximate defense, not the vast, fast-moving Western Pacific....