DefenceTalkThe US Navy’s worst nightmare is about to come true: new technologies will deal a severe blow to the ability of American stealth submarines to vanish beneath the waters without a trace, Professor of Strategy at the Naval War College James Holmes stressed. US atomic stealth submarines have long enjoyed their unbeatable advantage to remain […]https://www.defencetalk.com/invisible-no-more-us-stealth-subs-to-lose-unbeatable-advantage-64555/

DefenceTalkSouth Korea and the United States kicked off a major anti-submarine drill on Monday, weeks after North Korea claimed it had successfully tested a submarine-launched ballistic missile. The three-day exercise, aimed at tackling provocations by North Korean submarines, is being conducted off the southern island of Jeju, the South’s defence ministry said. “This is the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/south-korea-us-stage-major-joint-anti-submarine-exercise-64389/

DefenceTalkHuntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced today that the newest Virginia-class submarine, John Warner (SSN 785), successfully completed its initial sea trials on Saturday. Sea trials are aggressive operational tests that demonstrate the submarine’s capabilities at sea. John Warner, the first Virginia-class submarine to be named for a person, is being built as part of a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/virginia-class-submarine-john-warner-ssn-785-successfully-completes-initial-sea-trials-64340/

DefenceTalkIsrael signed a deal on Monday to buy four navy patrol boats from Germany’s ThyssenKrupp to protect its offshore gas installations, Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon said. The deal, valued at 430 million euros ($480 million), will significantly improve the navy’s ability to protect natural gas fields in the Mediterranean. “This morning, we signed a contract […]https://www.defencetalk.com/israel-to-buy-four-patrol-boats-from-germany-64129/

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/

DefenceTalkPoland is seeking advanced cruise missiles to equip three new submarines it wants to acquire by 2030, the NATO member’s minister of defence said Thursday. Tomasz Siemoniak confirmed on Polish public radio that Poland had asked the United States about the availability of Raytheon’s Tomahawk cruise missiles. “Last year, I decided that Polish vessels should […]https://www.defencetalk.com/poland-seeking-submarine-launched-cruise-missiles-63491/

DefenceTalkRussia returns to global politics, signaling of intention to regain its geopolitical positions as a naval power. Ekaterina Blinova – Russia is growing its maritime potential, signaling its intention to regain geopolitical power as a naval force, according to experts. In the midst of withstanding NATO expansion in Eastern Europe and closely observing its national […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-grows-maritime-potential-returns-to-global-geopolitics-63497/

DefenceTalkThe Victoria-class submarine fleet is now operational with three out of four submarines available for operations. HMC Submarines Windsor, Victoria and Chicoutimi were all at sea in December 2014 and spent a cumulative total of approximately 260 days at sea in 2014. HMCS Corner Brook is currently docked at Victoria Shipyards to undergo its Extended […]https://www.defencetalk.com/victoria-class-submarines-reach-operational-steady-state-63335/

DefenceTalkFor the first time since they were purchased 17 years ago, 3 out of 4 Victoria-class subs are in the water Canada’s Navy is marking what it calls a milestone for its controversy-plagued submarine program. For the first time since Canada’s four Victoria-class subs were purchased almost two decades ago, the navy says the fleet […]https://www.defencetalk.com/navy-submarines-first-time-canadian-fleet-is-operational-63332/

DefenceTalkRussia has successfully tested its newest anti-submarine system, which features anti-torpedo capabilities, during military exercises in the Baltic Sea. Russia’s stealth corvette Soobrazitelny has successfully tested the country’s newest Paket-NK small-sized anti-submarine system with anti-torpedo capabilities during the military exercises in the Baltic Sea. The Kilo class diesel-electric torpedo submarine “Varshavyanka” (Project 877) served as […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-successfully-tests-anti-submarine-system-62811/