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Multiple UK N-subs now at sea

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After months of maintenance and readiness challenges, the Royal Navy’s attack submarine fleet is back on course with a notable increase in activity, reflecting...

AUKUS like moon quest: Ambassador Kennedy

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US Ambassador Caroline Kennedy says Australia’s decision to acquire and operate nuclear submarines is akin to the 1961 decision by President John F. Kennedy...

Getting by on one Collins submarine

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Five of Australia’s six aging Collins-class submarines are undergoing repairs or are awaiting upgrades, according to a new report here, leaving only one fully...

Big fire at UK submarine yard

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A fire has broken out at a shipyard currently building Britain’s next-generation nuclear submarines, each costing the Royal Navy £1.6 billion to develop.  Two...

AUKUS: engage youth

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By Amanda McCumber* Despite a push for openness and transparency in communicating the Australian National Defence posture, one group the Australian government is failing to...

Latest Taigei Class sub launched

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A day after the British submarine Agamemnon was launched, the fifth Taigei class submarine for the Japanese Maritime Defence Force was named and launched...

Latest Astute Class sub launched

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On 3 October the Royal Navy’s latest hunter-killer submarine was launched. Agamemnon, the penultimate Astute-class submarine was launched at BAE Systems’ facility in Barrow,...

More submariner training in the UK

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On 26 September it was announced that hundreds of Australian submariners and civilians will receive specialist nuclear skills through training from Royal Navy engineers....

Dual Singaporean Navy submarine commissioning

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On 25 September the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) commissioned the submarines RSS Invincible & RSS Impeccable in a ceremony attended by Prime Minister...

US subs and ships effort needs new money

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Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro warned congressional appropriators that numerous high-profile shipbuilding efforts — Columbia and Virginia-class submarines as well as certain aircraft carriers...