How do submarines navigate?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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:...
Russia plans larger Arctic sub fleet
Russia plans to significantly increase and modernize the firepower of its Arctic-based submarine fleet. Before the end of the decade three additional Borei-class nuclear...
Unseen sacrifice in the Silent Service
By George Allison, UK Defence Journal
Beneath the vast, unforgiving ocean, hidden from the world and far removed from everything we take for granted, a...
Report on Columbia-class submarine
The following is the March 18, 2025 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Columbia (SSBN-826) Class Ballistic Missile Submarine Program: Background and Issues for Congress.
The...