US Navy eyes service base in Australia
The U.S. Navy envisions a submarine hub in Australia from which the service can oversee the entire range of undersea activities in the Asia-Pacific...
Australian N-subs: Speed, stealth, firepower
In a nondescript office building in Canberra, hundreds of officials have spent months fine-tuning highly secretive plans for Australia to become just the seventh...
New smaller Italian sub
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri showcased at IDEX its latest S800 light submarine, designed for covert operations in shallow-waters and said to have grabbed the attention...
Nuclear Submarines for Australia? When?
This article is part of the ANI Occasional Papers Series. Details about the series are here.
By Jack Dillich*
A Taskforce will roll out its “optimal...
5th Astute-class heads to sea
HMS Anson, the fifth Astute class submarine, which BAE Systems has designed and built for the Royal Navy, has departed the company's shipyard in...
Australia likely to get British N-sub
With the formal announcement of Australia’s path to obtain nuclear attack submarines expected to happen in Washington next month, speculation about the likely solution AUKUS...
Indonesia’s submarine problem
By Alexander M. Hynd and Max Broad*
This September will mark 50 years of formal diplomatic ties between Indonesia and South Korea.
Indonesia’s Ministry of Foreign...
WWII US submarine wreckage found
The wreckage of a US Navy submarine, which sank at least 10 enemy ships during World War II, has been discovered off the coast...
RAN to have full operational control over subs: Mead
Australian Navy commanders will have full operational control over their submarines and the powerful nuclear reactors onboard, despite the potential presence of US or...
Virginia-class line now fully staffed
The Virginia-class submarine production line at Newport News Shipbuilding is now fully staffed, after taking a back seat to the preeminent Columbia-class submarine program...