Key Points and Summary – Russian President Vladimir Putin boasts about the “mighty potential” of the new Borei-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines, but the...
Key Points and Summary – In October 2021, the advanced Seawolf-class submarine USS Connecticut struck an uncharted underwater mountain in the South China Sea....
Key Points and Summary – During the Cold War, the Soviet Union developed the Sierra I and II-class submarines, advanced nuclear-powered attack boats with...
Key Points and Summary – Russia is modernizing its naval power, shifting from large, Soviet-era vessels to a smaller, stealthier, and more heavily armed...
The Soviet Union’s Typhoon-class was the largest submarine ever built, a 48,000-ton nuclear-powered behemoth made famous by “The Hunt for Red October.” Designed to...
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”...