Urgent to train Australian N-sub crews
One year into a new security relationship between Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom, US lawmakers and naval experts are urging officials...
A medium-term submarine option
By James Garlick*
A significant proportion of defence commentary these days is focused on quickly and cost-effectively enhancing the Australian Defence Force’s lethality in the...
Russia’s titanium submarines
By Alex Betley*
The U.S. Navy clearly builds the most powerful, silent, and sophisticated submarines on the planet today. However, during the days of the...
AUKUS: ‘hubris’ still shocks some
On 15 September 2021, Prime Minister Scott Morrison joined his British counterpart Boris Johnson and US President Joe Biden to announce AUKUS. In so...
AUKUS: a US or UK submarine?
Last week, Defence Minister Richard Marles returned from a successful visit to the United Kingdom. At the top of his agenda was a series...
Sunk N-sub ‘posed no danger’
Recently released documents about the sinking of attack submarine USS Thresher (SSN-573) show the lengths the Navy took to assure the public that the...
First N-sub to reopen to the public
The world’s first nuclear-powered submarine will reopen to the public this Friday, the Navy announced, one year after closing for a $36 million refurbishment,...
Australians to train on UK N-subs
Royal Australian Navy submariners are to train aboard the newly commissioned nuclear submarine HMS Anson, Australian Defence Magazine reports.
The announcement comes as Australian Deputy...
No off-shelf N-sub deal for Australia
Australia has close to zero chance of getting a submarine from the United States’ current program, experts say, as yet another report shows the...
Workforce is challenge to the US Columbia-Class program
The Program Executive Office (PEO) Strategic Submarines, Rear Admiral Scott Pappano, recently spoke at a USAir Force Association Mitchell Institute forum on the challenges...