DefenceTalkAustralia has unveiled plans to buy up to five US nuclear-powered submarines, then build a new model with US and British technology under an ambitious plan to bulk up Western muscle across the Asia-Pacific in the face of a rising China. The announcement came Monday at an event at a San Diego, California, naval base […]https://www.defencetalk.com/australia-to-buy-us-nuclear-subs-in-ambitious-new-pact-79939/

DefenceTalkAustralia’s government lashed out at “loose” comments by the former defence minister Thursday, after he revealed sensitive plans to buy US nuclear-powered submarines over their British rivals. Peter Dutton, who left office as defence minister a few weeks ago after his conservative coalition lost elections, disclosed his previously secret plans to choose the US Virginia-class […]https://www.defencetalk.com/australia-lashes-out-after-us-nuclear-subs-plan-revealed-78921/

DefenceTalkAustralian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Tuesday his government is readying the country’s ports to host nuclear-powered submarines from Britain and the United States. Morrison said his defence department would determine what was needed “to support the more frequent presence” of nuclear-powered submarines from the two ally nations. The move could provide the two nuclear […]https://www.defencetalk.com/australia-plans-to-host-us-uk-nuclear-submarines-78417/

DefenceTalkAustralia formally embarked Monday on a hotly-contested program to equip its navy with nuclear-powered submarines in a new defence alliance with Britain and the United States. Defence Minister Peter Dutton joined US and British diplomats in signing an agreement allowing the exchange of sensitive “naval nuclear propulsion information” between their nations. It is the first […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-australia-uk-sign-key-deal-in-nuclear-sub-alliance-77496/

DefenceTalkFormer Australian leader Malcolm Turnbull said Wednesday his successor “deliberately deceived” France when he scrapped a multi-billion-euro submarine deal with Paris in favour of nuclear-powered US or British alternatives. Turnbull, whose government approved the submarine deal with France in 2016, was scathing about the way Prime Minister Scott Morrison handled the switch, which was part […]

DefenceTalkIran has disclosed plans to develop nuclear reactors for ships, despite a deal with world powers that curtails its atomic program. The project is likely to get a cool response in Washington. Tehran has told United Nations nuclear inspectors of its plan to build nuclear reactors for ships, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-signals-plan-to-build-nuclear-powered-ships-71508/

DefenceTalkA new nuclear submarine has been turned over to the People’s Liberation Army Navy, one of the largest State-owned naval shipbuilding enterprises revealed on Tuesday, but experts believe that this submarine is not the most advanced Type 096, which is China’s next generation strategic nuclear submarine. China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC), which also manufactures China’s […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pla-navy-gets-new-nuclear-submarine-70515/

DefenceTalkAmbitious projects such as satellites that could bring the internet to the remote Amazon and construction of Brazil’s first nuclear submarine will proceed despite a deep economic downturn, the defense minister told AFP. Raul Jungmann said he will be in France this Thursday to take delivery of the first of three communications and defense satellites […]https://www.defencetalk.com/brazil-to-pursue-satellite-nuclear-submarine-projects-minister-68611/

DefenceTalkConstruction started in Barrow, Cumbria yesterday on the Royal Navy’s largest ever submarine. The nuclear sub will be over 150 meters long, weigh 17,500 tonnes, armed with Trident missiles and have accommodation for 130 male and female crew. The Successor project has now moved into the next stage, known as ‘Delivery Phase 1’, with manufacturing […]https://www.defencetalk.com/bae-begins-construction-on-new-british-nuclear-submarines-68315/

DefenceTalkA high-level Indian delegation will be visiting Russia shortly to finalize an agreement on renting the Yasen class submarine for the Indian Navy. Government sources told Sputnik that renting the second nuclear powered attack submarine from Russia would result in the introduction of newer technology into India, which would eventually pave the way for Russian […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-to-lease-russian-yasen-class-nuclear-submarine-68180/