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A RAN first in nuclear training

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The first enlisted Australian sailors that could eventually crew American and Australian nuclear attack submarines graduated from the U.S. Navy’s Nuclear Power Training Unit,...

US and Australian navy leaders on USS Montana

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The Director of the U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program Adm. Bill Houston, who completed his Submarine Command Course training on Collins-class submarine HMAS Rankin...

Pillar II: new uncrewed undersea vessel

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ThayerMahan and Ocius have inaugurated a persistent uncrewed undersea surveillance vessel that supports the objectives of AUKUS Pillar II, part of the trilateral security...

How do submarines navigate?

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Unlike large vessels traveling on the ocean's surface or most other vehicles on the planet, military submarines do not have windows. A submarine's commander...

AUKUS n-sub program on track

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By Jennifer Parker* Since the announcement in September 2021 that Australia intended to acquire nuclear-powered submarines in partnership with Britain and the United States, the...

AUKUS: UK Commons inquiry

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On 2 April the UK’s Parliamentary Defence Committee launched an inquiry into AUKUS, the trilateral security partnership between the UK, the US and Australia....

New Russian nuclear sub launched

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A brand new nuclear-powered Russian submarine was floated out of the Sevmash yard's dock hall on Thursday. Russia is now half-way in launching the...

USN nuclear boss upbeat on subs

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The Navy is counting on innovations to help it build and staff submarines and ships more efficiently as demand for the capability grows, the...

A new nuclear age for Britain

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On 20th March, Sir Keir Starmer, Prime Minister, and John Healey, Secretary of State for Defence, visited Barrow-in-Furness to join submariners on HMS Vanguard...

Update on Virginia-Class Submarine Program & AUKUS Submarine Pillar 1

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On 28 March the US Congressional research Service released a 109 page report titled Navy Virginia-Class Submarine Program and AUKUS Submarine (Pillar 1) Project:...