Why the Narco Submarine Found In Europe Is Not Like Those In Latin America
On March 21 2021 the Colombian Navy captured a narco submarine before it could sail with its illicit cargo of cocaine. The vessel was typical of this found in recent years, being characterized by its Very Slender Vessel (VSV) form.
This contrasts with one recently discovered in Southern Spain.
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Seen From Space: Suez Canal Blocked
All eyes are on the container ship which blocked the Suez Canal. This includes the eyes in space. Sentinel 2 satellite imagery, taken today, gives a new perspective on the problem.
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10 Times Navies Have Deliberately Misdescribed A Warship
Three Chinese warships recently passed northward through the Tsushima Strait toward the Sea of Japan. They are described as two destroyers and a frigate.
Except one of them, the Type-055 Renhai Class ship Nanchang, is better described as a cruiser. This type of misdescription is more common than you might realize.
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Russia’s Increasing Global Reach: 2nd Navy Ship Calls At Port Sudan in Red Sea
The strategic impact of Russia’s new base in Port Sudan, Sudan, may take years to fully appreciate. And the overseas base has yet to be built. But in the meantime Russian warships are already increasingly using the port. Recently the RFS Stoikiy (545), an Pr.20380 Steregushchiy class corvette, called at the port.
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The Astute Journey: Unbuilt British Submarine Designs After The Trafalgar Class
Today the Astute is one of the most impressive, and recognizable, attack submarines afloat.
This article will lay out the unbuilt submarine designs which plot the story from the Trafalgar Class to the Astute class..
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Goodbye My Old Friend: Iran's Fake Aircraft Carrier Sinks, Properly, At Last
There is something tragic about watching an over-enthusiastic actor wallow in their stage death. Running it out for longer than the audience can bear to watch.
It's all over. Finally(?).
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China's Submarine Modernization Continues: 2 Submarines Seen Outside New Shipyard
Following on from my previous analysis for Naval News, multiple Type-039A/B Yuan Class submarines are being built at the Wuchang shipyard outside Wuhan. This can now be clearly evidenced using commercial satellite imagery.
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Disguised Narco Submarine Found In Europe
Police in Malaga, Spain have reported that they have discovered a narco-submarine aboard a ship. It is the fourth so-called narco submarine found in Europe in the last 15 years...
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Indian Navy Submarines Move Closer To AIP Game Changer
Air Independent Power (AIP) greatly increases the survivability of non-nuclear submarines by increasing their underwater endurance. The Indian Navy, unlike its potential adversaries of China and Pakistan has not yet fielded AIP.
But it is moving closer with a locally-designed fuel cell AIP system...
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Updated: originally posted Feb 5, 2017
Soviet Russia's forgotten high-speed AIP submarine When in May 1958 CIA intelligence analysts poured over a set of spy photographs of Soviet submarine construction they noticed that one submarine was different to the rest. They soon realized that they were dealing with an entirely new class of submarine.
What was undetectable in the photo was that it was equipped with Air Independent Propulsion (AIP)... Read More