SwarmDiver unmanned surface vessel
Massachusetts based robotics company Aqua Botix have unveiled a new military family of micro-Unmanned surface Vessels.... Read More >....
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WTD-71 SDV
SDV projects from WTD-71 Aquatechnik
Two-man SDV (Swimmer Delivery Vehicle) built and tested by Wehrtechnische Dienststelle WTD-71 (Technical Center for Ships and Naval Weapons, Marine Technology and Research) in Eckernforde.... Read More >....
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Japanese midget submarine attack on Pearl Harbor
The popular account of Pearl Harbor records that the attack started at 0748hrs local time on 7th December 1941 when hundreds of Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) aircraft appeared over the anchorage and started their attacks. This simplistic version of events suffices for school textbooks and Hollywood movies but the military engagements actually started nearly five hours earlier at 0357hrs. And these first encounters were not against aircraft, but a midget submarine! Read More >....
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Future Submarine Concept
The Future Submarine will operate as a host platform for an array of unmanned vehicles...
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Kerch Strait crisis: Naval Capabilities in Sea of Azov
In November 2018 Russia has began a blockade of the Sea of Azoz, denying commercial ships access to Ukrainian ports along the sea’s northern coast. This article summarizes selected Ukrainian and Russian Naval capabilities in the Sea of Azov... Read More >....
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New 8-person Swimmer Delivery Vehicle revealed
Italian SDV and Special Forces midget submarine builder DRASS revealed their 8-man design at EuroNaval 2018.... Read More >....
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US Navy SubmarineAircraft Carrier design In the late 1950s the US Navy experimented with the concept of aircraft carrying submarines armed with jet fighters... 
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Deep_Shadow_SDV
Updated: originally posted 22nd June 2018.
'Deep Shadow' Swimmer Delivery Vehicle revealed The Deep Shadow carries six combat swimmers and is roughly analogous to the US Navy SEALs’ SDV Mk.VIII series. Its streamlined hull allows a comparatively high yet undisclosed cruising speed.... Read More >....
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Planned Special Forces attack on New York, 1943
Probably the most ambitious midget submarine operation during the entire Second World War. Italy’s elite frogman unit, Decima MAS, planned to transport a CA Class midget submarine to New York harbor on a larger sea-going host submarine, and then use the midget submarine to deliver combat swimmers to attack shipping with limpet mines... Read More >....
SMX-31
Updated. Originally posted 31st Oct 2018
SMX-31 future submarine concept: 'The Electric'
Naval Group traditionally unveils ambitious concept submarines at the bi-annual Euronaval exhibition in Paris. This year they revealed the innovative all-electric SMX-31... 
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