Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
The United States Navy called it an accomplishment when the USS Florida (SSGN-728) returned from a 727-day submarine patrol covering 70,000 miles — the...
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The United States Navy called it an accomplishment when the USS Florida (SSGN-728) returned from a 727-day submarine patrol covering 70,000 miles — the...
Do you ever wonder why the U.S. Navy wants only nuclear-powered and not diesel-electric submarines? Diesel-electrics are much less expensive and easier to build....
At the RIMPAC 2000 exercise, the HMAS Waller, a Collins-class submarine, scored simulated kills on US Navy assets. The target set reportedly included an...
The Undersea Defense Technology (UDT) 2026 conference wrapped up in Scotland this month, and it appears that the AUKUS pact has a new lease...
Summary and Key Points: The Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-278 Komsomolets sank 5,500 feet deep off Norway’s Bear Island on April 7, 1989 after an...
SUMMARY AND KEY POINTS: China’s Haiyang Dizhi 2 research vessel has successfully tested a deep-sea cable-cutting device at 3,500 meters — 11,483 feet —...
Canada has four submarines. For years, the Royal Canadian Navy has struggled to keep even one of them at sea at any given time....
The White House says Iran now has ‘zero submarine vessels.’ But Defense Secretary Hegseth confirmed only 11 submarines destroyed out of 25 — leaving...
A Swedish diesel submarine costing a fraction of an American supercarrier repeatedly penetrated a carrier strike group’s defenses and ‘sank’ the carrier during exercises...
All Four Ohio-Class Guided-Missile Submarines Will Retire Between 2026 and 2028 — Removing 616 Tomahawk Launch Cells From the Fleet With No Cell-for-Cell Replacement.