Submarines

Conventional and remote/autonomous subsurface vessels

First N-sub to reopen to the public

0
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

0
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

0
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

0
The Program Executive Office (PEO) Strategic Submarines, Rear Admiral Scott Pappano, recently spoke at a USAir Force Association Mitchell Institute forum on the challenges...

China-Taiwan submarine imbalance

0
Even to laypeople, the odds of a China-versus-Taiwan underwater faceoff seem unbalanced, VOA News reports. China’s submarine force: 66 boats in 2020 with 76 expected...

New Russian submarine revealed

0
Nuclear weapons are Russia's ultimate insurance policy against NATO intervention in Ukraine. As their importance is emphasised, an ambitious new ballistic missile submarine has...

N Korean sub’s first deployment

0
On August 16th, the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) (North Korea) confirmed that its first ship-in-class KSS III submarine, ROKS Dosan Ahn Changho, has...

China’s newest N-sub near Taiwan

0
The Chinese Navy’s (PLAN) latest submarine, which was only commissioned in July, is based in their East Sea Fleet. This fleet faces off against...

French warning on N-sub task

0
One of France's most senior defence figures is warning Australia that acquiring nuclear submarines will be "much more difficult" than the now scrapped plan...

N-subs: managing the capability gap

0
By Marcus Hellyer and Andrew Nicholls* In a previous piece, we examined the broad schedule of Australia’s capability transition from conventional submarines to nuclear-powered submarines...