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/

DefenceTalkThe discovery of the wreckage of an Argentine submarine lost a year ago has revived a stalled probe into the cause of the undersea disaster that took the lives of 44 crew members. Families of the victims have called for the ARA San Juan to be refloated, an enormous undertaking that authorities cautioned was likely […]https://www.defencetalk.com/argentine-submarine-find-first-step-to-learning-disasters-cause-71945/

DefenceTalkRussia said Tuesday its submarine deployed in the Mediterranean fired three ballistic missiles to destroy a command post of the Islamic State group in Syria’s eastern Deir Ezzor province. “A missile strike with three Kalibr missiles destroyed a command post with large numbers of militants and armed vehicles and also a large weapons and ammunition […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-says-its-submarine-fired-missiles-at-is-base-in-syria-70715/

DefenceTalkThe leak of secret technical data on French submarines designed for the Indian navy was a “malicious act”, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Thursday. “We will use every means at our disposal to learn the truth” in the affair, which came to light last week, Le Drian told reporters. “Obviously, it was a malicious […]https://www.defencetalk.com/france-condemns-submarine-secrets-leak-68093/

DefenceTalkA junior British serviceman who published allegations of safety and security lapses around Britain’s submarine-based nuclear missile defence system is now in military police custody, the Royal Navy said Tuesday. William McNeilly, 25, claimed Britain’s nuclear deterrent was a “disaster waiting to happen” and vulnerable to a terror attack. The newly-qualified engineer published an 18-page […]https://www.defencetalk.com/uk-serviceman-in-custody-over-nuclear-subs-safety-flaws-leak-64258/

DefenceTalkFinland said Tuesday its navy had fired warning shots at a possible submarine off the coast of Helsinki in the early hours of the morning. “During surveillance of (Finland’s) territorial integrity, the navy detected a possible underwater object at midday (0900 GMT) on April 27, 2015, within Finland’s territorial waters close to the border outside […]https://www.defencetalk.com/finnish-military-fires-on-suspected-submarine-in-baltic-64018/

DefenceTalkThe Pentagon has moved one step closer toward its goal of creating an unmanned, autonomous patrol ship. Set to drift in the high seas, the robotic Sea Hunter will silently follow potentially hostile submarines. In 1872, British sailors spotted the Mary Celeste off the coast of the Azores. With a single lifeboat missing, but no […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pentagon-launches-submarine-tracking-unmanned-ghost-ships-63931/

DefenceTalkThe German body that monitors the export of military goods, the Federal Security Council, has given the green light for the delivery of another submarine to Israel. The decision could be a contentious one. Israel is to receive the fifth of six promised submarines from Germany after the Federal Security Council approved the export at […]https://www.defencetalk.com/german-federal-security-council-oks-submarine-delivery-to-israel-63797/

DefenceTalkSwedish defense and security company Saab is teaming with Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards Group to explore future opportunities in the international submarine market. The companies have signed an exclusive teaming agreement to work together in pursuit of the potential Walrus-class submarine replacement program for the Netherlands. In addition to this project, Saab and Damen will […]https://www.defencetalk.com/saab-and-damen-team-for-dutch-future-submarine-replacement-program-62036/

DefenceTalkRecent satellite images offer fresh evidence of North Korea developing a marine-based missile system that would give the nuclear-armed state a survivable second-strike nuclear capability, a US think-tank said Friday. The commercial satellite pictures suggest the conning tower of a new North Korean submarine — first seen in July last year — houses one or […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-developing-submarine-based-missiles-us-think-tank-61837/