Russian diesel-electric attack submarine Rostov-on-Don was sunk Friday in Sevastapol, international news outlets reported.
The BBC and Reuters, citing Ukrainian general staff online postings, said a missile attack sank the Kilo-class attack boat while it was at anchor in the Black Sea port.
This would be the second successful missile attack on the submarine in 11 months.
Then, the...
The Australian government signed a $2.2 billion four-year contract with national submarine builder ASC last week to keep Canberra’s existing Collins-class submarines in service through the 2030s.
When making the announcement on Saturday, Australia’s...
Naval Information Forces Commander Vice Adm. Kelly Aeschbach is already preparing for her next role.
Unlike her current role overseeing the Navy’s cyber type command, her next one does not require an alarm clock, time on a ship or sitting at a desk. Instead, Aeschbach plans to take some time off following her retirement from the Navy. She plans to travel with her husband around the country and...
A new report from the Center for New American Security calls for push for a low-cost drones that would provide an autonomous, lethal shield against an amphibious invasion of Taiwan by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy.
“Given their extremely low cost, Taiwan should build large numbers of these simple systems and...
The Japan Self Defense Force has stationed a mobile radar system on Kita Daito Island in the Philippine Sea to expand Japan’s capabilities in the area. Meanwhile, the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit held a live fire exercise on Wednesday and the Russian Navy Pacific Fleet wrapped up joint drills with the joint command of troops and forces in the north-east of the Russian Federation on Friday.
In a Friday press...
The United States Navy and 28 partner nations will begin the 29th biennial Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024 exercise on Thursday around the Hawaiian Islands with 40 surface ships, three submarines, 14 national land forces, over 150 aircraft and more than 25,000 personnel taking part in the drills that will end on...
The following is the June 12, 2024, Congressional Research Service report, Navy Virginia-Class Submarine Program and AUKUS Submarine (Pillar 1) Project: Background and Issues for Congress/
From the report
Virginia-class submarine program. The Navy has been procuring Virginia (SSN-774) class nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) since FY1998, and a total of 40 have been procured through FY2024. From FY2011 through FY2024, they have been procured at a rate of two per year. When procured at that...
https://news.usni.org/2024/06/19/report-to-congress-on-virginia-class-submarine-program-aukus
STOCKHOLM – Two months into its membership in NATO, Sweden is retooling its defense after 200 years of military neutrality.
Not since Napoleon’s 1812 campaign in Russia has Sweden formally allied militarily with another country, Minister of Defense Pål Jonson told reporters...