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The Orca Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (XLUUV) is an autonomous submarine developed by Boeing for the US Navy. The Orca XLUUV is designed to perform long-term missions with minimal human intervention. Orca is about 26 meters long with a payload module and displaces about 85 tons. Its diesel-electric propulsion system provides an impressive range […]
In the United Arab Emirates, Ukrainian engineers are developing the Kronos submarine, which is capable of launching torpedo missiles. This was reported by Kyivpost. “While the US House of Representatives continues to block the allocation of aid to Ukraine, which was approved by the Senate in February, Ukrainian engineers are developing a submarine capable of […]
The US Navy commissioned the nuclear-powered submarine USS Hyman G. Rickover. It received the tail number SSN 795. The ceremony took place in Connecticut. The nuclear submarine is named after an admiral who served for more than 60 years. Hyman Rickover is known as the “father of the nuclear fleet”. His work led to the […]
55 Chinese sailors are killed in a submarine accident. The Beijing authorities do not recognize this fact and do not provide any information about the disaster. According to the newspaper’s sources, which rely on British intelligence, the Chinese Navy submarine 093-417 was shipwrecked, killing 55 Chinese sailors, including Captain Xue Yong-Peng, 21 officers, seven cadets, […]
Taiwan has presented its first submarine of its own, the Nawhal. In the event of a Chinese invasion, submarines should make it much more difficult to completely blockade the island. The targets for Nawhal will be aircraft carriers. President Tsai Ing-wen said that the construction of the diesel-electric vessel is a great achievement because it […]
The submarine has suffered such large holes that they call into question the possibility of restoring the submarine at all Photos have appeared in the public domain that clearly demonstrate the damage to the Russian diesel-electric submarineRostov-on-Don, which was hit by cruise missiles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on September 13, 2023, during a strike […]
The US Navy’s Ohio-class nuclear-powered submarine USS Florida (SSGN 728) visited Tromso, Norway. The guided missile submarine arrived in Scandinavia on September 14. By sending a nuclear submarine to Norway, the United States will strengthen its partnership with the Scandinavian country. This is the first visit to Norway for the missile cruiser USS Florida (SSGN […]
Russia’s Black Sea Fleet suffered one of the most sensitive blows on the night of September 13. It has now emerged that the Rostov-on-Don submarine, one of the most modern ships, was damaged: the submarine was launched less than 10 years ago. It is one of the six submarines of the Black Sea Fleet. And […]
The Russian heavy nuclear-powered submarine cruiser ‘Dmytro Donsky’ has been withdrawn from the Russian Navy. Volodymyr Maltsev, head of the All-Russian Fleet Support Movement, reported that the strategic submarine will be disposed of at the naval base in Severodvinsk. This was reported by the TASS news agency on February 6. ‘The submarine cruiser ‘Dmytro Donsky’ […]