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  1. Quick Guide To Angola's Navy


    Flag Angola Many reference sources still list the Angolan Navy as having OSA-II Class missile boats and SHERSHEN class torpedo boats. These haven't been around for over 20 years. Instead the Angolan Navy is going through a process of rebirth

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  2. World's First Rocket Armed Submarine, From 1834



    Flag Naval warfare was changed in the 1960s when the US Navy started deploying large rockets on submarines. Actually Russia, then USSR, beat them by several years. The first Russian ballistic missile submarines were sailing in the late 1950s.

    But Russia beat them by much more than a few years. The first rocket-armed Russian submarine was in the 1830s.
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  3. Australian Navy Eyes German Type-214 Submarine?


    Flag Australia News that the Australian Navy may be exploring the idea of purchasing the German Type-214 submarines is surprising. They would replace the Collins class, instead of the French Shortfin Barracuda, which is already underway as the Attack Class. Quite aside from the political economic complications (I'll leave that to others), the choice of submarine is confusing.

    Possibly there is a misunderstanding.
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