I miss the fantastic artworks which accompanied DIA (Defense Intelligence Agency) reports on Soviet developments in the 1980s. Artists such as Edward L. Cooper and Brian W. McMullin really brought the new equipment to life ... Read More >....
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Nautilus - homage to Jules Verne
There are very few fictional submarines which have a place in Naval architecture history. The Nautilus, an electric powered submarine conceived in the 1860s by author and visionary Jules Verne stands out. It was a window into the future and possibly an influence on subsequent real world designs. This is my interpretation of the design... Read More >....
Spy Sub - USS Seawolf (SSN-575)
During the Cold War US Navy submarines conducted numerous spying missions off the Soviet coast. Few were as audacious as Operation IVY BELLS where underwater wire taps were placed on Soviet military communication cables deep within Russia's own back yard. Several specially modified US Navy nuclear submarines were employed, including the USS Seawolf. Read More >....
US Navy SEALs next generation SDV Mk.XI (SWCS)
Shallow Water Combat Submersible (SWCS) - US Navy's and USSOCOM's next generation SEAL Delivery Vehicle. Read More >....
Book Review - Operation Ivy Bells
Historical 'fiction' allows the author, former US Master Diver Robert G. Williscroft, to share the story of the most famous spy submarine mission of the Cold War. Read More >....
SDV news round-up
Latest Swimmer Delivery Vehicle (SDV) news from around the world.... Read more ->.....
The World War Two SDV called Sleeping Beauty
The Motorised Submersible Canoe (MSC), popularly known by its codename the Sleeping Beauty, was among the world's first Special Forces submersibles. During WW2 several hundred were built (under great secrecy) and were operated by British, Australian and US forces. >.....
Book Review - Project Quick Find
Project Quick Find is former US Navy SEAL Michael Wood's first-hand account of the US Navy's marine mammal program in the early to mid 1970s. >....
Book Review - Project Azorian
One of the very few authoritative books on the CIA led raising of the Soviet submarine K-129 which sank mysteriously at the height of the Cold War READ MORE
X-post - SDVs ops in Desert Storm
This interesting article appeared on a USN SEALs related blog that I follow. Retired SEAL Michael Wood gives a first-hand account of a close encounter during SDV ops as part of Operation Desert Storm.
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