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The photo can be geo-located to the main piers on the island of Kronshtadt in St. Petersberg... Read More >....
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Good Wind ears: China’s Underwater Great Wall
A recent video adds to the information we have of China's ambitious submarine monitoring system in the South China Sea... Read More >....
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Sanity checking reports of increased Russian submarine activity
There have been reports that Russian submarine activity has returned to Cold War levels. This article uses publicly available data to compare recent activity to Cold War levels....
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Vintage submarine design from 1897
In the late 1800s Sweden was q leading powerhouse in submarine design, with a Nordenfelt Class submarine being the first in the world to launch a torpedo in 1888. Ten years later another Swedish engineer, O Eneroth, was proposing a cutting-edge submarine design.
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3GST9
An advanced Dry Combat Submersible design from the end of the Cold War, the 3GST9 has a reputation of being a very impressive boat, continuing the Italian tendency to be ten years ahead of everyone else in this field. Its Air Independet Power (AIP) made it a generation ahead of contemporary designs. Read More >....
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Russian ALFA Class interceptor submarine
At the height of the Cold War NATO submariners found themselves confronting a Soviet submarine which not only greatly out-performed their own boats, but which could operate beyond the reach of their weapons... Read More >....
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Fifth Narco VSV
The fifth Narco-VSV (Very Slender Vessel) has been intercepted by the US Navy. The Cyclone Class patrol boat USS Zephyr (PC 8), with a US Coast Guard detachment aboard, seized the vessel in the Eastern Pacific on 7th April 2018....
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