Updated: originally posted 2nd Dec 2018
Orca: US Navy Extra-Large Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (XLUUV)
The US Navy is progressing towards the aim of having extra-large unmanned underwater vehicles (XLUUVs) armed with cruise missiles, torpedoes, mines and smaller UUVs... Read More >....
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Spy Subs -Project 09852 Belgorod
Updated. Originally posted 25th June 2016
On 23rd April 2019 Russia launched its latest ‘special mission’ submarine, Belgorod. Measures were taken to control images published in the media. However, the same day a commercial satellite passed west of the city, snapping an image looking in through the doors of the construction hall. This is the first of many commercial satellite images which will reveal many more details about this enigmatic boat...... Read More >....
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Chinese Type-094A Jin Class SSBN in SCS incident, Sept 2019
An incident in September, which has only now come to light, illustrates the mutual danger of submarines and fishing vessels...
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Low-Profile UCAV Carrier
Aircraft Carriers are continuously evolving. Yet some of the basic characteristics of carriers hark back to their inception in World War One. Can we conceive of a way to reverse this, and have a carrier which has a very low radar signature, certainly compared to the current carriers?...
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Updated. Originally posted March 29 2019
New Satellite images of Chinese Sailless submarine A video capture posted on Chinese social media earlier today appears to show an unknown Chinese submarine design first reported in October 2018....
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Moonshine smuggling sub, 1920s, Mississippi During the 1920-33 prohibition era cunning individuals devised contraptions to smuggle 'moonshine' whisky from their illicit distilleries to the big cities... Read More >....
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Updated. Originally posted 15th Sep 2019
Chinese HSU-001 LDUUV
Large Displacement Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Photos posted on the Chinese language internet of the preparations for the 70th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in Beijing appear to show the first public unveiling of China’s Large Displacement Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (LDUUV)... Read More >....
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Iranian (/Houthi) Cruise Missile types
Iran has developed several types of land attack cruise missile. This article acts as a quick reference guide... 
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