New Russian Special Mission spy-sub
Podmoskovye (‘Moscow Oblast’) is a Project 09787 DELTA-IV STRETCH ballistic missile submarine which has been converted into a host submarine for nuclear powered midget-subs. She was relaunched on October 22nd and is expected to join 29th Separate Brigade of submarines of the Northern Fleet at their secretive base at Olenya Guba (Deer Bay) on the Murmansk Oblast. She will be used as a Host Submarine for some of the midget submarines based there, most likely including the elusive Project 10831 LOSHARIK. ... Read More >....
Keywords: GUGI, Spy Submarine, Losharik, DELTA-IV, Belgorod, Podmoskovye*
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Dick Tuson
SDV designer - K.R. 'Dick' Tuson
Sad to learn of the recent passing of a British scientist who was instrumental in British naval/military diving and Swimmer Delivery Vehicle (SDV) projects in the 1960s. This article gives a brief overview of his designs. ... Read More >....
Keywords: SDV, KR Tuson, AML, CDV, Jimdiving suit, Baptism, Pegausus, Jacques Cousteau, Dimitri Rebikoff
News_Roundup_Nov2016
News Roundup Oct16
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Submersible Landing Craft
In the early 1990s British firm Seaforth Group proposed a range of underwater craft for amphibious operations, including the innovative S60 Submersible Landing Craft... Read More >....
Hybrid Narcosub
New type of narco-sub
Colombian Navy officials announced their forth Narcosub capture today. Like two so-called narcosubs captured earlier this year, it is in fact not a submarine. Nor is it a semi-submersible (as described in the press). It is actually a custom go-fast boat designed for speed. ... Read More >....
Innovation -Unmanned Surface Board
There is a new trend in Special Forces transport which gives the little known World War Two and Cold War paddle board a modern makeover. Key to the advancement is the availability of high density reliable batteries and compact electric motors which allow the board to be self-propelled. ‘Jet boards’ are not just rich kids’ toys. . Read More >....
Lulea 1983
Analysis of Swedish submarine incursion- Luleå 1983
The Alvhults had stumbled upon one of the earliest and most interesting of the famous Swedish Submarine Incursions of the Cold War. Throughout the 1980s there were many similar sightings, and there were in fact some others in general area that day.... Read More >....
Russian X-Craft SPLT
Very little is known about the nine X-Craft built by the Soviet Union in the 1970s, and operated through the 1980s. The Project 1015 SPLC (aka SPLC) type was in some respects analogous to the British X-Craft midget submarine... Read More >....
Nessie
Cos.Mo.S 'Nessie' Fast SDV 
The existence of the ‘Nessie’ Fast Swimmer Delivery Vehicle (FSDV) design has been discussed behind closed doors but it has only now suddenly come out of the dark thanks to a new article by expert Lino Mancini. Read More >....
