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) […]
Category: Submarines
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 […]
Israeli Submarine Developments
Israel Has Ordered Three New Dakar-Class Submarines from TKMS thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) has reached an agreement with the Israeli Ministry of Defence on the framework conditions for the purchase […]
SSKs for USN? An Alternative View
Diesel Submarines Can Help Resist China. Deterence and warfighting exigencies demand it. Here’s What You Need to Know: SSKs have no need to match SSNs; they need to be good […]
AUKUS & Nuclear Non-proliferation
AUKUS Nuclear-Powered Submarine Deal – Non-proliferation Aspects By John CARLSON – Senior Fellow at the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation. Courtesy of APLN. The following article is part of […]
Nuclear Submarines for Australia – A Hypothetical
This paper was written 10 years ago for presentation at the Submarine Institute of Australia Science, Technology & Engineering Conference held in 2011. The author, Jock Thornton, is: A member […]
VISIT TO HMAS SHEEAN – 25 Feb 03 – GARDEN ISLAND
By Richard Francis Today I managed to score an unexpected conducted tour of one of the RAN’s latest Collins Class submarines, HMAS Sheean, alongside the dedicated submarine berth at West […]