Above Photo: UK nuclear submarine HMS Vanguard arrives back at HM Naval Base Clyde, Faslane, Scotland following a patrol. Tam McDonald/MOD. A Terrible Decision For The Nonproliferation Regime. On September 15, US President Joe Biden, United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison launched a new major strategic partnership to meet the “imperative of ensuring peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific over the long term.” Named AUKUS, the partnership was announced together with a bombshell decision: The United States and UK will transfer naval nuclear-propulsion technology to Australia. Such a decision is a fundamental policy reversal for […]
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The French Navy has released a short video showing the test-firing of an Exocet SM39 underwater-launched anti-ship cruise missile from the nuclear-powered attack submarine. In a video posted by the French Navy, this weekend showed a test of an SM39 missile in the Atlantic Ocean on April 19. A nuclear attack submarine destroyed a target at a distance of about 30 kilometers with an SM39 missile, said in a statement. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – “The submarine fired this shot at a fixed target located in an Atlantic exercise area,” the French Navy said. Also added that the main […]
UK-based Navy Lookout magazine has shared artist’s rendering of secret Russian special mission submarine. A series of renders showing an adapted Oscar class SSGN special-purpose boat, commonly known as Belgorod (Project 09852), designed to be ‘mother’ to the Losharik deep-diving midget submarine. Data on the submarine’s current technical characteristics are classified as of today. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – According to open sources, intended for special missions, the Belgorod is based within the 29th autonomous division of the North fleet and reporting directly to the Russian Defense Ministry, but not to the Russian Navy. The design of the submarine […]
A Russian Navy officer was punished following drunken outbursts on a K-18 Karelia (NATO reporting name: Delta IV) nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine while his crew was in quarantine due to the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). The details of the incident were disclosed in court decisions published by the state automated system “Pravosudiye”, multiple news outlets reported. From the materials, it follows that on July 14, 2020, Political officer and his subordinate, Midshipman, quarreled among themselves. The reason was that the midshipman’s pregnant wife complained to him that she could not solve the housing issue: the administration of the closed city […]
Wartsila Defense, a U.S. division of Finnish Wartsila which manufactures and services power sources and other equipment in the marine and energy markets, has won a contract valued at as much as $12,2 million for U.S. Navy submarine propeller systems. The contract award from U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center enables the company to make a Navy submarine propeller and propulsor for on-site repairs. The contract will have a five year ordering period. Work under the contract will be completed at various shipyards within and outside of the continental U.S. according to individual task orders and is expected to be completed by […]
BAR Technologies that it has partnered with British company SubSea Craft Ltd in the design and build of VICTA – the world’s most advanced diver delivery unit. According to a company statement, as the principal partner, BAR Technologies has been integral to the shape and form of VICTA – designing and optimising the hull and control system to enable truly remarkable performance both on the surface and submerged. BAR Technologies and SubSea Craft began collaborating on the VICTA development in 2018, progressing the build over the last 14 months. The vessel is currently in ‘finishing’ where the carbon fibre hull is completed […]
The Russian nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) Vladimir Monomakh has launched four Bulava intercontinental-range ballistic missiles for the first time, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Saturday. “Today, the strategic missile submarine Vladimir Monomakh of the Pacific Fleet fired a salvo of four Bulava ballistic missiles as part of planned combat training activities,” the statement says. A salvo launch of missiles was carried out from an underwater position from the Sea of Okhotsk at the Chizha training ground in the Arkhangelsk region, according to a recent service news release. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – The Vladimir Monomakh is a new […]
The U.S. Navy has announced that French Navy Rubis-class attack submarine FS Émeraude (S-604) and Loire-class tender and support vessel FS Seine (A 604) arrived at Naval Base Guam. French nuclear attack submarine and support vessel arrived at Polaris Point, Guam as part of their long-term deployment. “Seine and Émeraude are in the Western Pacific on a routine deployment demonstrating the strength of our bilateral relationship and mutual commitment to stability and security in the Indo-Pacific region,” the U.S. Navy said on Twitter. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – According to Naval Technology, the French Navy operates six Rubis Amethyste Class submarines […]
Huntington Ingalls Industries, America’s largest military shipbuilding company has announced that its Newport News Shipbuilding division has been awarded a contract modification from General Dynamics Electric Boat in support of construction on the first two Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines. As noted by the company, the contract modification, valued at approximately $2.2 billion, provides continued design support efforts, as well as the construction and delivery of six module sections for each of the first two Columbia-class submarines. As part of the contract, Newport News will deliver the completed modules to Electric Boat for final assembly. The contracted module delivery dates are scheduled […]
On 15 November, the U.S. ballistic-missile submarine force celebrated the 60th anniversary of the first strategic deterrent patrol by a Ship Submarine Ballistic Nuclear (SSBN). USS George Washington (SSBN 598) departed Cape Canaveral, Florida, with 16 Polaris missiles on the first strategic deterrent patrol, Nov. 15, 1960. George Washington was the lead ship in its class, and the first of 41 SSBNs launched by the U.S. Navy between 1960 and 1966. These submarines initiated the U.S. nuclear triad, and were aptly referred to as the “41 for Freedom.” – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – “For the last 60 years, the […]
British company SubSea Craft Ltd has announced that it is partnering with IrvinGQ, the aerial delivery solutions provider, to begin working together to develop a parachute deployment option for its innovative surface-submersible craft, VICTA. According to a company statement, adding the potential for aerial dispatch to VICTA”s portfolio complements its highly flexible deployable options, which include launch from a road trailer, port of opportunity, heavy-lift helicopter or suitable surface platform. As a consequence, working in close partnership with IrvinGQ is an exciting prospect. The IrvinGQ Maritime Craft Aerial Delivery System (MCADS) allows fast surface craft of various types to be air-dropped […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/1a/1080286052_0:86:1601:986_1200x675_80_0_0_2e1928618d953513bf0d7c4025e97857.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Morgan Artyukhina . Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/europe/202010141080771438-us-navy-wants-to-lease-norways-abandoned-submarine-cave-base-on-barents-sea/ The US Navy wants to lease an abandoned Norwegian cave base on the edge of the Barents Sea to run submarine patrols on Russia’s doorstep, according to a recent report. Norwegian public broadcasting outlet NRK reported on October 10 that Oslo and Washington could ink a deal for the US Navy to use the Olavsvern naval base, located near the northerly city of Tromsø, before the week is out. The Norwegians started building the base in the Balsfjorden inlet in the 1960s, but it wasn’t completed until after the Cold War […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/0e/1080766968_0:31:1280:751_1200x675_80_0_0_ba82664935b90b8ab29b7a60820e7294.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/military/202010141080767112-japan-unveils-new-taigei-submarine-to-be-deployed-by-self-defence-army-in-2022/ TOKYO (Sputnik) – Japan has unveiled on Wednesday a new submarine, named Taigei, that the country’s Maritime Self-Defence Force (MSDF) will include in their fleet in March of 2022, Japanese news agency Kyodo reported. The 3,000-ton warship will become the 22nd submarine in Japan’s military fleet. It was built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. and cost around 76 billion yen ($720 million), according to the report. The ceremony of Taigei’s launch into the water was held at a shipyard in the western Japanese prefecture of Hyogo. Some 150 people, including Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US Secretary of Defence Mark Esper has unveiled the Pentagon’s plan for building up a Navy that proposes having up to 80 attack submarines in service by 2045. “Under our proposal, Battle Force 45 will posses the following characteristics: first, a larger and more capable submarine force,” Esper said on Tuesday. “The study reached a clear consensus on the need to rapidly increase [inaudible] of attack submarines, the most survivable strike platform in a future great power conflict, to the range of 70 to 80 in the fleet.” Esper added that the US Navy should, at the minimum, […]
The new installations at the vital Arctic port Tromsø will allow US and NATO submarines to replenish supplies during port calls, which, in turn, will open them up for longer deployments in the contested Arctic region. The vital Arctic port of Tromsø in northern Norway has been expanded and refurbished in order to increase visits by US nuclear submarines, according to the military news outlet Breaking Defence. The new installations will permit US and NATO submarines to replenish supplies, which will open them up for longer deployments in the key Arctic region. According to Norwegian military spokeswoman Marita Isaksen Wangberg, the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105150/35/1051503573_0:156:3000:1844_1200x675_80_0_0_f3649e215c9e522803252701fc1639e5.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/military/202008191080220760-photo-chinese-submarine-spotted-entering-hidden-cave-base/ A recent satellite photo managed to capture a Chinese submarine entering a cave base on Hainan Island, at the northern end of the South China Sea. On Tuesday, a photograph of the sea outside of Yulin Naval Base by private Earth-imaging company Planet Labs captured an unusual scene: a large submarine positioned just outside the mouth of the cavernous Chinese citadel. The photo was first posted on social media by Radio Free Asia, a US government-funded media outlet that is part of the US Agency for Global Media. In the image, a submarine flanked […]
A British nuclear-powered submarine was at “serious risk of collision” with a passenger ferry with hundreds on board after the commanding officer made decisions on “inaccurate information,” an investigation has found. A report conducted by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) – published on Thursday – found that the two vessels came within 50-100 meters of each other during the incident on November 6, 2018. The investigation revealed that it was the third time in four years that a submerged Royal Navy submarine had narrowly missed a calamitous collision with another vessel. The Stena Superfast V11 ferry was travelling from Belfast […]
One of the most popular Bitcoin wallets, Electrum, now supports Lightning Network payments. The latest swathe of major changes was released in version 4.0, one of its biggest upgrades since the Bitcoin wallet launched in 2011. (Note: Since the 4.0 release, some bug fixes have been added.) Lightning payments are seen as the future of Bitcoin because they’re cheaper and would allow many more users to make bitcoin cryptocurrency transactions at once. This makes Electrum the oldest wallet to have adopted Lightning payments so far. Lightning support in Electrum is a long time coming. Electrum founder Thomas Voegtlin first told CoinDesk […]
SEATTLE — For decades, the U.S. Navy’s leading supplier of high-strength steel for submarines provided subpar metal because one of the company’s longtime employees falsified lab results — putting sailors at greater risk in the event of collisions or other impacts, federal prosecutors said in court filings Monday. The supplier, Kansas City-based Bradken Inc., paid $10.9 million as part of a deferred prosecution agreement, the Justice Department said. The company provides steel castings that Navy contractors Electric Boat and Newport News Shipbuilding use to make submarine hulls. Bradken in 2008 acquired a foundry in Tacoma, Washington, that produced steel castings for […]
PARIS (Sputnik) – A Rubis-class French nuclear submarine named Perle has caught fire while anchored on a naval base in the port-city of Toulon on the country’s Mediterranean coast, the Maritime Prefecture of the Channel and the Mediterranean said on Friday, adding that the incident poses no threat of radioactive pollution. “Smoke from fire on the Perle is not radioactive. There was no nuclear fuel on board. Reminder: France has sensors installed across the country for detecting any radioactivity anomaly. Watch out for fake news,” the prefecture said on Twitter. In a thread of tweets, the prefecture said that local firefighting […]
A Canadian man was fished out of the Detroit River on Friday—unconscious and tied to two bundles that contained more than 250 pounds of marijuana. It didn’t take officials long to figure out who he was: He had been arrested a month earlier, admitted he used a submarine to smuggle drugs between Canada and the U.S., and agreed to work for the feds. That’s according to a Department of Homeland Security affidavit filed with a complaint charging Glen Richard Mousseau with drug dealing, cash smuggling, and entering the U.S. illegally. The story begins on May 10 when a Michigan sheriff stopped […]
Europe 05:40 GMT 05.06.2020Get short URL The cargo vessel C. F. was part of a convoy that shipped iron ore from northern Sweden to Nazi Germany in 1942. Outside Västervik, the ship was torpedoed by a Russian submarine and sank very quickly. The Swedish Maritime Administration has produced a unique 3D image of a historic shipwreck that rests on the seabed off Sweden’s coast. The ship has been lying at the bottom of the sea, 60 metres deep, since World War II. Before the image became available, only divers had visited the site of the wreck. The cargo vessel C F […]
German submarine U33 has just concluded a several-week-long assurance measure deployment under NATO in the Eastern Baltic Sea. It arrived back to the naval base and home port of Eckernförde on Monday, 25 May 2020. The submarine, under the leadership of Lieutenant Commander Tobias Eikermann, in the past few weeks has operated under NATO Maritime Command (MARCOM). The patrol was part of the NATO Assurance Measures focused on monitoring the activities of the Russian fleet. U33 is one of the first German submarines detached to MARCOM for this purpose in the Baltic Sea. Assurance measures are a sign of the Alliance’s […]
The U.S. Navy released a statement on Wednesday saying that the Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Maine (SSBN 741) officially returned to strategic service. Maine’s keel was laid July 3, 1990, she was christened July 16, 1994, and was commissioned in Groton, Connecticut July 25, 1995. The USS Ohio completed three years of engineered refueling overhaul, estimated to extend the life of the ship by 20 years, the Navy announced. “These ships were not originally design to last much beyond 25 years,” said Machinist’s Mate (Auxiliary) 1st Class Cole Elliott, from Liberty Hill, Texas. “I’m proud to be a part of the […]
The U.S. Pacific Fleet has reported that Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Missouri (SSN 780) departs Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard after completing a scheduled extended dry-docking selected restricted availability (EDSRA). According to a recent service news release, during the maintenance period, the shipyard and crew performed tank blasting and coating, hull preservation, propulsion and ship system repairs, and made enhancements to mechanical and electrical systems. Following sea trials, the crew will work together to maintain readiness prior to completing their certification for overseas deployment to support theater and national tasking. Fast-attack submarines are multi-mission platforms enabling five of the six Navy maritime […]