Lone fit UK Astute N-sub heads to WA
By Tom Sharpe*
The Royal Navy has nine nuclear-powered submarines. Four of them are the Vanguard class, tasked with providing the nation’s strategic deterrent and...
Chinese submersible’s 5277m dive
For the first time, scientists have used a crewed scientific submersible to slip beneath thick Arctic pack ice and reach a hidden mountain range...
SSN-AUKUS to collapse: UK admiral
Plans to develop a new class of nuclear-powered submarine for Australia and the United Kingdom under the AUKUS pact are likely to collapse because...
Silent Service is out there – every day
By Tom Sharpe*
Submariners are a bit odd. They won’t mind me saying this because they know it too. To even contemplate working and living...
Next Virginia-class boat delivered
Submarine builder General Dynamics Electric Boat delivered a Virginia-class attack boat to the U.S. Navy on Monday, the service announced. The future USS Idaho...
Undersea: where the US is way ahead
By Chris Barrie and Paul Dibb*
Now and foreseeably, the United States dominates undersea submarine warfare. No other country gets near to America in the...
Full steam ahead – AUKUS Pillar I behind a smokescreen
By Tim Coyle*
The smokescreen was a visual shielding tactic carried out, usually by destroyers, to obscure a fleet in combat against the enemy. It...
Norway boosts submarine fleet
Norway in 2021 signed a contract with the German yard for the building of four new submarines. In December 2025, the country's Defence Minister...
Collins sustainment talks
The Australian Government has convened the third Product of Concern Summit in Canberra, with aims to reaffirm its commitment to improving the sustainment performance...
25th Virginia-class sub delivered
The 25th Virginia-class fast-attack submarine, the future USS Massachusetts (SSN-798), was delivered to the Navy on 21 November 2025, according to sea service and...