Submarines

Conventional and remote/autonomous subsurface vessels

Indonesia looks to France for its subs program

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Indonesia is planning to spend big on building its submarine fleet with France’s help, potentially nixing its long-standing defense partnership with South Korea in...

US subs’ more public profile

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A U.S. nuclear-armed submarine will make a publicly announced visit to South Korea within months, prompting debate about the wisdom of a heightened public...

Israel’s new autonomous submarine

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On 05 May 2023, Israeli Aerospace Industries (IAI) unveiled a large autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) called BlueWhale, which is described as an unmanned submarine...

US N-subs to dock in S Korea

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Presidents Joe Biden and Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday will sign an agreement that includes plans to have U.S. nuclear-armed submarines dock in South...

India goes for extra-large uncrewed submarines

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India’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has initiated a project to design and develop Extra Large Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (XLUUV). A document released last month...

AUKUS: Canada stuggles to keep up

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By Dave Makichuk, Western Standard You might recall the running joke, a few years ago. It was said that the West Edmonton Mall had more...

Impact of AUKUS on US ship-building

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The US Navy’s new 30-year shipbuilding plan, unveiled today, shows the US plans to build additional Virginia-class submarines to replace those eventually sold to...

Budgeting for Australia’s N-subs

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By David Uren* The upper estimate of $368 billion for Australia’s acquisition of eight nuclear-powered submarines is an impossibly large number. (Australian Strategic Policy Institute's...

Former CN’s view of AUKUS plan

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By Brendan Nicholson* The carefully staged AUKUS plan to provide Australia with nuclear-powered submarines (SSNs) will build increased deterrence as each phase is completed, former...

Rise of uncrewed underwater systems

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Navies will not stop using large submarines but will increasingly rely on smaller uncrewed systems as the oceans become more “transparent”, a defence contractor...