Key Points and Summary – Russia’s submarine force remains a potent and modernizing threat, even as its surface navy continues to struggle. -The fleet...
Key Points and Summary – In a legendary 2005 wargame, the small Swedish diesel-electric submarine HSwMS Gotland repeatedly slipped through the U.S. Navy’s most...
Key Points and Summary – Australia’s Collins-class submarine program, born from an ambitious desire for a regionally dominant undersea fleet, became a “national nightmare”...
Key Points and Summary – The United Kingdom’s sole nuclear deterrent rests in the silent depths of the ocean aboard four Vanguard-class submarines. -These...
Key Points and Summary – The Royal Navy’s Astute-class is arguably the most advanced hunter-killer submarine ever built in the UK. -This 7,400-ton nuclear-powered...
Key Points and Summary – Despite Vladimir Putin’s rhetoric, the Russian Navy is in a precarious state, struggling with combat losses, an aging Soviet-era...
Key Points and Summary – Swedish defense firm Saab builds some of the world’s most effective non-nuclear submarines, a reputation cemented in 2005 when...
Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Navy is facing a massive “capability gap” as its four powerful Ohio-class guided-missile submarines (SSGNs) are set...