New US nuclear subs named after WWII boats
The newest Virginia-class submarine will be named the USS Wahoo in honor of the legacies of two previous submarines, including a storied World War...
USS Ford’s vast 5-acre deck
Even for those familiar with the impressive acreage of a Nimitz-class carrier flight deck, the vastness of the Gerald R. Ford's flattop is eye-watering.
While...
New (satellite-hidden) dry dock set for Pearl Harbour
The U.S. Navy is planning the first new submarine repair facility at the Pearl Harbor shipyard in Hawaii since World War II, Navy Times...
Hypersonic weapons coming to US subs
The Navy is on track to field a hypersonic strike weapon on submarines by 2025, the head of the Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs said...
US Navy destroyer shoots down ICBM
The U.S. Navy has shot down an intercontinental ballistic missile over the Pacific Ocean with an SM-3 Block IIA missile in a milestone test...
HMAS Canberra goes into docking
The flagship of the Royal Australian Navy, Landing Helicopter Dock HMAS Canberra, has entered the Captain Cook Graving Dock at Garden Island, Sydney, Navy Daily...
Submarines: speak now or forever hold your peace
By Tom Lewis*
From where I sit in Darwin, the greatest Australian defence scandal of the twentieth century was the lack of Spitfires in Darwin...
SIA conference to shed light on submarine projest
By Nicholas Stuart*
Perhaps it's because only a thin band of metal separates a submariner from instant death. Or perhaps it's because unique bonds are...
Submarines: why no nuclear option?
By Peter Jennings*
After the publication of the 2016 defence white paper in February that year, I was approached by a senior politician who had...
Submariners at risk, veteran diver warns
By Anthony ‘Dusty’ Miller*
Last week Defence announced that the Royal Australian Navy’s contract for a new submarine rescue system is on the department’s ‘project of interest’...