Defects found in Korean submarines
The Republic of Korea Navy (ROK Navy) announced that defects were found in 3 of the 9 Son Won-il-class submarines, the South Korean variants...
US submarine force’s maintenance woe
The U.S. Navy attack submarine force inventory is at a low, and maintenance backlogs are making it harder to conduct important development work, the...
Speculation that Japan to get N-subs
Japanese media interest in the question of Japan getting nuclear -powered submarines peaked in late September last year, immediately after Australia made a surprise...
More details on new Chinese sub
Since a video was leaked of a new Chinese submarine on February 8, analysts have been trying to make sense of it. While the...
Turkey’s mini-subs for world market
Turkey is developing mini attack submarines to operate in its surrounding seas and for potential sale on global weapons markets, a weapon at least...
Dismantling a nuclear sub
Nicknamed 'the silent service', nuclear submarines are used to patrol the oceans and seas – armed with numerous weapons and capable of spending months underwater, ForcesNet...
RN’s newest attack sub commissioned
The Royal Navy's newest attack submarine HMS Audacious has been formally commissioned into the fleet during a ceremony at Clyde naval base.
Members of Audacious' company...
Options for Australia’s n-subs
By Pete Sandeman*
The political and strategic ramifications of the AUKUS pact involving the US, UK and Australia continue to reverberate, but the details of...
Second-hand Japanese boats worth a look
By Bradley Perrett*
Australia may have a way of very cheaply and quickly expanding its submarine force, improving its defences this decade and preparing for...
A re-think on AUKUS and subs
By Sam Roggeveen*
I don’t think it’s hyperbole to say that AUKUS – the tripartite defence technology agreement which promises to deliver at least eight...