IRGC Seen Practicing Swarm Tactics Day Before South Korean Tanker Seizure
Iran's IRGC Navy (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) has seized a South Korean chemical tanker, the HANKUK CHEMI (IMO: 9232369). The day before, on Jan 3 2020, boats which appear to be IRGC-N were seen exercising swarm tactics...
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Limpet Mine Attack on Tanker, Pola, Dec 31, 2020
On December 31, 2020, a limpet mine was found on the Liberian flagged tanker MT Pola (IMO: 9493767). The ship was at anchor in Iraq and was transhipping oil to another tanker, MT Nordic Freedom...
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Iran's latest Mowj Class warship: IRIS Dena
Although it has barely been reported in English language sources, the Iranian Navy has taken delivery of another Mowj class frigate...
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Impressive Submarine Patent of 1913
When Edward Lasius Peacock patented a "Submarine Or Submersible Torpedo Boat" he was outlining one of the most impressive submarine designs of the period...
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200th 'Narco Submarine' 
On December 9 the Coast Guard Cutter Active (WMEC 618) interdicted a low-profile vessel (LPV) in the Eastern Pacific.
It is the 200th incident in my Covert Shores Narco Submarines database...
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Iranian Navy's largest Ship, I.R.I.N.S Makran, Observed On Sea Trials
The Iranian Navy is joining the IRGC in converting large merchant ships to function as Forward Base Ships.
From at least December 9-14 the I.R.I.N.S. Makran (441) was on sea trials in the general vicinity of the Straits of Hormuz..
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Images Show Design For Indian Navy Indigenous Coastal Submarine 
A short video shared on Twitter appears to show a new indigenous submarine design for the Indian Navy...
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Cutaway of Narco VSV interdicted by US Navy LCS 
The USS Gabrielle Giffords, an Independence-class littoral combat ship (LCS) interdicted a narco-submarine in the Pacific Ocean on December 5.
The cutaway shows the internal arrangement of this specific type of narco-VSV....
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Updated. Originally posted June 21 2020
Chinese Type-093 (Type-09III) Class Submarine
The Type-09III is China's main nuclear-powered attack submarine. There has been a lot of speculation and guesswork as analysts have attempted to make sense of each updated version....
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Fresh images of Chinese Navy (PLAN) Type-003 Aircraft Carrier
The new aircraft carrier is expected to be much more capable than the current two ships...
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