The sale of nuclear-powered submarines to Australia under the AUKUS treaty faces new doubts as U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs take hold, and amid concern in Washington that providing the subs to Canberra may reduce deterrence to China.
https://gcaptain.com/aukus-nuclear-submarine-sale-under-scrutiny-as-trump-tariffs-rattle-australia/
Russia plans to significantly increase and modernize the firepower of its Arctic-based submarine fleet. Before the end of the decade three additional Borei-class nuclear submarines will join the country’s Northern Fleet, headquartered near Murmansk.
https://gcaptain.com/russias-northern-fleet-to-launch-multiple-new-nuclear-submarines/
By Kirsty Needham PERTH, March 16 (Reuters) – In the control room of the American USS Minnesota, off the Western Australian coast, sonar operators adjust to the chatter of dolphins in new…
NEW DELHI, Oct 10 (Reuters) – India approved on Wednesday plans to construct two of a new class of nuclear-powered attack submarines, two defence officials said, in a project estimated to cost…
https://gcaptain.com/indian-navy-to-build-nuclear-submarines/
SEOUL, Sept 8 (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un emphasized the importance of strengthening naval power during a tour of a naval base construction site, state media KCNA reported on…
https://gcaptain.com/north-korean-leader-emphasizes-importance-of-strengthening-naval-power/
Mark Rayha, senior vice president and chief operating officer at General Dynamics Electric Boat, will become president of the company effective December 1, succeeding Kevin Graney, who has informed the company that he will retire at the end of the year. He will be succeeded by Mark Rayha, who currently serves as senior vice president and chief operat
“Kevin has served General Dynamics with distinction for nearly 30 years, including tenures as president of both NASSCO and Electric Boat. His...
https://www.marinelog.com/news/mark-rayha-to-succeed-kevin-graney-as-president-of-electric-boat/
In a statement that was perhaps somewhat overshadowed by the announcement of the ICE Pact, Canada’s Minister of National Defence, Bill Blair, last week announced that Canada is taking the first step towards the procurement of up to 12 conventionally-powered, under-ice capable submarines – and that Canada is launching the process to formally engage industry on this acquisition.
“As the country with the longest coastline in the world, Canada needs a new fleet of submarines – and today, we’ve...
by Admiral James Stavridis (Bloomberg Opinion) My first job after graduating from the US Naval Academy in the late 1970s was as the anti-submarine warfare officer on a new Spruance class destroyer….
https://gcaptain.com/heres-why-the-us-navy-needs-more-virginia-class-submarines-now/
By Jack Kim SEOUL, Jan 29 (Reuters) – North Korea tested its new strategic cruise missiles for the second time in a week on Sunday, calling it a newly developed submarine-launched cruise…
https://gcaptain.com/north-korea-tests-submarine-launched-cruise-missiles-kcna-says/