New rare images show DPRK subs (in Vietnam)
Stills of a Vietnamese television show have recently surfaced on Vietnamese language social media showing the country's imported North Korean submersibles. These images are of interest in themselves, but also show further details which apply to the types in North Korean service... Read More >....
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British 'Heyday' rocket torpedo
British scientist, engineer and inventor Sir Barnes Neville Wallis CBE is best remembered for inventing the bouncing bomb which was used by the Royal Air Force in the Dambusters raid (Operation Chastise). He worked on a wide range of projects however, including hydrodynamics. This article is about his rocket torpedo... Read More >....
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Updated with Cinese projects. Originally posted Sept 29
Guide to Biomimetic Underwater Vehicles
Overview of projects...
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New Articles for Forbes
Underwater warfare and similar OSINT / defence analysis topics to a wider audience...
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Updated: originally posted 2nd Dec 2018
Poster of World's Large Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
The US Navy is progressing towards the aim of having extra-large unmanned underwater vehicles (XLUUVs) armed with cruise missiles, torpedoes, mines and smaller UUVs... Read More >....
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ASWUUV: Large-Displacement Anti-Submarine Unmanned Underwater Vehicle
The South Korean Navy (ROKN) has revealed the world's first explicitly anti-submarine LDUUV design... Read More >....
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Updated: originally posted 2nd Dec 2018
Orca: US Navy Extra-Large Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (XLUUV)
The US Navy is progressing towards the aim of having extra-large unmanned underwater vehicles (XLUUVs) armed with cruise missiles, torpedoes, mines and smaller UUVs... Read More >....
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New Articles for Forbes
Taking underwater warfare and similar OSINT / defence analysis topics to a wider audience...
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Spy Subs -Project 09852 Belgorod
Updated. Originally posted 25th June 2016
On 23rd April 2019 Russia launched its latest ‘special mission’ submarine, Belgorod. Measures were taken to control images published in the media. However, the same day a commercial satellite passed west of the city, snapping an image looking in through the doors of the construction hall. This is the first of many commercial satellite images which will reveal many more details about this enigmatic boat...... Read More >....
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Chinese Type-094A Jin Class SSBN in SCS incident, Sept 2019
An incident in September, which has only now come to light, illustrates the mutual danger of submarines and fishing vessels...
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