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Canada Can Barely Keep One Submarine at Sea — So It Just Committed to Tripling the Fleet in Its Biggest Naval Overhaul in Decades

Canada has selected Germany's ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems to build a new fleet of up to 12 submarines — a deal that could exceed $100...

Isaac Seitz4 days ago

NAVAL BASE GUAM (Jan. 18, 2025) – The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Minnesota (SSN 783) transits Apra Harbor, Naval Base Guam, Jan. 18, 2025. Assigned to Commander, Submarine Squadron 15, based at Polaris Point, Naval Base Guam, Minnesota is one of five forward-deployed fast-attack submarines. Renowned for their unparalleled speed, endurance, stealth, and mobility, fast-attack submarines are the backbone of the Navy’s submarine force. Regarded as apex predators of the sea, Guam’s fast-attack submarines serve at the tip of the spear, helping to reaffirm the submarine force's forward-deployed presence in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. James Caliva)

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South Korea Is Joining a Club Only Six Countries Belong To — and It’s Aimed Squarely at China and North Korea

South Korea is moving to build nuclear-powered attack submarines for the first time — joining an exclusive club of just six nations that operate...

Harry J. KazianisJune 27, 2026

Victoria-Class Submarine Canadian Navy Photo

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Two Countries Are Battling to Build Canada’s Submarines. Almost No One Is Asking What the Subs Are For

Twenty-five bidders are down to two, the decision lands within weeks, and the price approaches sixty billion dollars. Yet Canada's great submarine debate is...

Andrew LathamJune 11, 2026

Type 093B Submarine from China. Image Credit: Screengrab.

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America Has Owned the Ocean’s Depths for Decades. China Just Showed Up With a Submarine to End That

Satellite images from Shanghai’s Jiangnan Shipyard show a submarine under construction that lacks the traditional sail (sometimes called the fin or conning tower for...

Brandon WeichertJune 9, 2026

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The U.S. Navy Says Its New Nuclear Missile Submarine Will Be the Quietest and Deadliest Ever to Slip Beneath the Waves

Summary and Key Points: It is being built to do something no weapon ever wants to be used for: survive the unthinkable and strike...

Kris OsbornJune 6, 2026

(July 25, 2006)- The Australian Submarine HMAS Rankin (Hull 6) and the Los Angeles Class attack submarine USS Key West (SSN-722) prepare to join a multinational formation with other ships that participated in the Rim of the Pacific exercise. To commemorate the last day of RIMPAC, participating country's naval vessels fell into ranks for a photo exercise. RIMPAC includes ships and personnel from the United States, Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan, Peru, the Republic of Korea, and the United Kingdom. RIMPAC trains U.S. allied forces to be interoperable and ready for a wide range of potential combined operations and missions. Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group are currently underway on a scheduled Western Pacific deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist Seaman James R. Evans (RELEASED)

Dollars and Sense

Australia Built Six Submarines to Rule the Seas — Defective Welds and Noisy Propellers Turned Them Into a National Embarrassment

Summary and Key Points: Australia’s six Collins-class submarines were meant to be the pride of its navy. Instead came defective welds, propellers too loud...

Isaac SeitzJune 6, 2026

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Nearly Two Football Fields Long, Russia’s Typhoon Submarine Once Aimed 200 Nuclear Warheads at the United States

Summary and Key Points: It stretched nearly two football fields and carried twenty ballistic missiles tipped with as many as 200 nuclear warheads —...

Kris OsbornJune 3, 2026

Ukraine War

Ukraine Just Destroyed One of the Planes Russia Uses to Send Launch Codes to Its Nuclear Submarine

Ukraine’s drone war has entered a phase its commanders call a ‘logistics lockdown,’ and it’s taking out things Russia can’t replace. The latest strike...

Reuben JohnsonJune 2, 2026

S-3 Viking. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

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The S-3 Viking ‘Hunted’ Russian Submarines for 35 Years — and Never Sank a Single One

Summary and Key Points: Lockheed’s S-3 Viking — nicknamed “the Hoover” for its vacuum-like whine — spent 35 years as the U.S. Navy’s carrier-based...

Steve BalestrieriMay 30, 2026

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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Canada Can Barely Keep One Submarine at Sea — So It Just Committed to Tripling the Fleet in Its Biggest Naval Overhaul in Decades

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

South Korea Is Joining a Club Only Six Countries Belong To — and It’s Aimed Squarely at China and North Korea

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Two Countries Are Battling to Build Canada’s Submarines. Almost No One Is Asking What the Subs Are For

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

America Has Owned the Ocean’s Depths for Decades. China Just Showed Up With a Submarine to End That

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The U.S. Navy Says Its New Nuclear Missile Submarine Will Be the Quietest and Deadliest Ever to Slip Beneath the Waves

Dollars and Sense

Australia Built Six Submarines to Rule the Seas — Defective Welds and Noisy Propellers Turned Them Into a National Embarrassment

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Nearly Two Football Fields Long, Russia’s Typhoon Submarine Once Aimed 200 Nuclear Warheads at the United States

Ukraine War

Ukraine Just Destroyed One of the Planes Russia Uses to Send Launch Codes to Its Nuclear Submarine

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The S-3 Viking ‘Hunted’ Russian Submarines for 35 Years — and Never Sank a Single One

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