Ghost Shark USV
Australia Unveils ‘Ghost Shark’ Unmanned Submarine Prototype The testbed for Australia’s “Ghost Shark” unmanned submarine. Photo: VADM Mark Hammond RAN Australia has unveiled an early prototype of its “Ghost Shark” […]
Category: Submarines
A Nuclear Mindset
Australia’s navy is cultivating ‘a nuclear mindset’, says SSN taskforce chief 27 Oct 2022 Brendan Nicholson After a year of intense research, the head of the 350-strong nuclear-powered submarine […]
Indian Navy Project 75(I)
Immediate Need to Decomplicate Acquisition of Six Submarines under Project 75(I) Program INS Kalvari – First of the indigernous build Type 75 Indian Navy’s 30-year-old plan to induct 24 submarines […]
Collins Class Optronics Upgrade
Collins Class fleet to receive tech upgrade The submarines are set to be upgraded with an advanced optronics system under a new multi-million-dollar Commonwealth government investment. Minister for Defence Peter […]
A New Collins Build?
The case for building an evolved Collins Class submarine Should the Commonwealth government invest in the construction of a new Collins Class submarine to fill a potential capability gap ahead […]
More on Nuclear Submarine Program
The political and strategic ramifications of the AUKUS pact involving the US, UK and Australia continue to reverberate, but the details of how Australia will acquire nuclear-powered submarines (SSNs) […]
East Coast Submarine Base
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced plans to develop a new naval base on Australia’s east coast to support the operation of the Royal Australian Navy’s future nuclear-powered submarines promised […]
India and Pakistan Tit for Tat
France and China Fuelling India and Pakistan Submarine Race South Asian rivals are cranking up competing submarine development programs with duelling strategic partners. In an apparent underwater warfare tit-for-tat, India […]
NATO Submarine Rescue Exercise
JFD Successfully Completes NATO Submarine Rescue System Golden Arrow Exercise 2021 JFD successfully completed a comprehensive submarine rescue exercise to mobilise the NATO Submarine Rescue System (NSRS). The exercise, titled […]
Third Indian SSBN Commissioned
As per report by the UK based Janes Defence Weekly on December 29, 2021, India on November 23, 2021 quietly launched its third SSBN (Nuclear Missile Submarine) at the secretive […]