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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 >....
COMSUBIN_Container
Rare photo of COMSUBIN Special Forces container emerges
A photo has emerged of Italian Navy U212 Class submarine Venuti with a Special Forces container fitted. Italy’s famous COMSUBIN Special Forces unit have a long history of maintaining extreme secrecy surrounding their extensive waterborne capabilities... Read More >....
AQAP improvised sea mines
Photos have emerged of improvised sea mines planted in Mukalla in Yemen by retreating Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) forces who left the port city in April this year. The mines were spotted by local divers and have been removed by divers from Hadrami Elite Forces-Anti-Terrorism Unit and the Coast Guard. The mines appear to be constructed from two pressurized gas canisters cut in half and welded end-end. The explosive contents and reason why they were not detonated by AQAP have not been revealed.
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