N-subs: frying pan to fire
There is an old saying that if you find yourself in a hole, the best course of action is to stop digging, Albert Palazzo*...
Dry-dock closures and AUKUS N-subs
The US Navy has abruptly suspended submarine repair work at four West Coast dry docks, prompting fresh concerns about the AUKUS agreement just weeks...
India commissions 5th Kalvari Class submarine
The Indian Navy commissioned its fifth Kalvari Class submarine, the INS Vagir (Sand Shark) at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai on 23 January. The Kalvari class...
Proposal for dual-crewed N-subs
A senior member of the US Congress has called for a dual-crewed American submarine to be based in Australia as part of an interim...
AUKUS: N-subs ‘costly futility’
The decision for Australia to acquire nuclear-powered submarines has taken on a life of its own, divorced from disciplined considerations such as cost, effectiveness,...
Rationale for Australian N-subs
By Mark Watson*
Vice Admiral William Joseph Houston is a thoughtful and experienced United States naval officer, entrusted with command of perhaps the most potent US...
Undersea drone program dead in the water
The US Navy’s Snakehead program is looking dead in the water — again. Congressional appropriators in the fiscal 2023 defense spending bill backed the service’s...
Newest French N-sub enters active duty
The French MoD announced that the French Navy's Suffren nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) and its blue crew completed their first operational deployment with the...
Australia on track to buy N-subs from US: PM
Australia is on track to announce plans to buy new nuclear-powered submarines from the US and UK, despite scepticism in Washington, the Albanese government...
US senators’ AUKUS N-sub reservations
Two key US lawmakers sent a warning shot to President Joe Biden over concerns that the AUKUS trilateral security agreement could imperil America’s submarine...