A new video has been uploaded showing the world’s fastest naval vessel, the 70kt+ WP-18 Special Forces interceptor at speed. Gorgeous. 
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Ortega Mk1A SDV testing
Dutch Swimmer Delivery Vehicle and Special Forces Diver technology company Ortega (website) have released a new video of their Mk.1A SDV being tested in Croatia. 
A brief history of the Enigma code and the pre-war cracking of it
Like a lot of pople I find Enigma and codebreaking fascinating, so I could not resist X-POSTing this from a computer programer's blog. This guy actually built his own virtual Enigma and then cracked it programatically using modern computing power(!!!!)...
A lot of people now think that Alan Turing cracked the Enigma. A lot of people like to correct those people and say that it was the Poles who truly cracked the Enigma. So we really need to correct everyone and set things straight, because it was far more nuanced than that, with far more people involved, and different versions of Enigma were cracked even earlier. If you read enough about code breaking you end up with a fuzzy timeline in your head pieced together from all the various sources. Here’s what I’ve osmosed.... GO TO FULL ARTICLE
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Secretive Special Forces sub builder comes out of the dark
One of the world’s premier Special Forces boat/sub builders looks set to enter the export market. For over fifty years CABI Cattaneo has shunned publicity, building a range of cutting edge products for Italy’s COMSUBIN Special Forces with only minimal exports to an equally secretive customer base. That seems to be changing; CABI Cattaneo has come out of the dark... Read More >....
World survey of Special Operations Craft
In addition to submarines and Swimmer Delivery Vehicles (SDVs), naval orientated Special Forces are increasingly employing purpose-built high speed surface craft for insertion, extraction and mission support. ... Read More >....
Russian IC16MII Type Assault boat seen in exercises in Crimea
Photos of a recent military exercise in Crimea show the Swedish designed IC16MII Type Assault boat in service with the Russian Navy. The photos were taken on May 20th and emerged on Russian language military forums and discussions. Read More >....
North Korean missile sub may have new base
Recent TV footage from North Korea’s suggests that the country’s sole Sinpo Class (aka Gonae Class) ballistic missile submarine (SSB) has relocated from the quayside at the factory where it was built, to an isolated peer at a submarine base. Analysis suggests that the new base is the major submarine base at Cha'aho (not on the island of Mayang-do as this post originally proposed). Read More >....
North Korean missile sub has new base
Recent TV footage from North Korea’s suggests that the country’s sole Sinpo Class ballistic missile submarine (SSB) has relocated from the quayside at the factory where it was built, to an isolated peer at a submarine base. Analysis suggests that the new base is the major submarine base on the island of Mayang-do. Read More >....
New type of Narco-sub
Just when you thought that the design of narco-subs had standardized, a new type arrives. On 20th May the Colombian and Ecuadorian forces intercepted a drug-laden narco-sub near the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific. The design is new and interesting in several ways. Read More >....