Australia must have major SSN role
By Peter Briggs*
I have previously argued for Australia to take an active role in the design and procurement process for the nuclear-powered, conventionally armed...
Japan commissions third Taigei sub
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) has commissioned the third of its Taigei-class diesel-electric attack submarines (SSK), which feature better underwater endurance than its...
The New Jersey submarines
The USS New Jersey, a World War II Iowa-class battleship and floating museum, is set for refurbishment, while the Block IV Virginia-class attack submarine...
UK submarine’s $1.08b upgrade
HMS Victorious will be modernised under a new £560 million ($A1085m) contract following an agreement with Babcock. As one of the Vanguard Class submarines,...
Submarines as drone motherships
By Robert Farley*
The U.S. Navy is exploring the integration of undersea drones (UUVs) with nuclear attack submarines (SSNs) to revolutionize antisubmarine warfare (ASW), National...
Taiwan’s first indigenous submarine
Taiwan's first Indigenous Defense Submarine (IDS), Hai Kun (SS-711) , was launched today at the CSBC shipyard in Kaohsiung, Naval News reports.
In the morning...
SNN Aukus at the back of the queue
By Peter Briggs*
The SSN AUKUS ‘optimal pathway’ calls for the UK to build the first of the nuclear powered and conventionally armed attack submarines...
RAN officers in US N-sub training
Three Royal Australian Navy (RAN) officers began the U.S. Navy’s Submarine Officer Basic Course (SOBC), known commonly as “Submarine School,” where they will learn...
ANZAC SSN: not so optimal pathway
By Peter Briggs*
Doubts about America’s capacity to build and then sell to Australia a series of Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarines (SSNs) under the AUKUS agreement...
Update: Virginia-class and AUKUS plan
On 13 February the US Congressional Research Service provided its latest update to Congress on Virginia-Class Submarine Program and AUKUS Submarine Proposal. The introduction...