The hard-fought race to build Canada’s next submarine fleet
The unusually short competition to build the Canadian navy’s next submarine fleet seemed to focus on everything but the boats themselves.
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Enemy submarines are harder to detect, but next-gen sonobuoys search them out
[Sponsored] As adversary submarines grow quieter and more elusive, the Navy turns to a new generation of more capable, connected, and open sonobuoys.
Canada is still interested in Golden Dome. What can it bring – and how could it fall apart?
“Those [Golden Dome] conversations are ongoing, and we will only participate if it is right for both parties,”a spokesperson with Canada’s Minister of Defense told Breaking Defense.
North Korea’s Underwater ‘Apex Predator’ – and What it Will Mean
BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT — Headlines from North Korea rarely bring good news in the realm of global security, but this week’s bulletin from Pyongyang was […] More
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If You Build It, They Might Come
Beneficiaries of American extended deterrence seek reassurance through visible and tangible efforts. This default to only thinking about American action disregards important options to improve nuclear deterrence. There is a low cost self-help option for allies and partners that does not require new or more nuclear weapons. Every state under the United States’ nuclear umbrella […]
If You Build It, They Might Come was originally published on Global Security Review.
Israel deploys submarines amid rising tensions with Iran
The Israeli Defense Forces reportedly deployed its submarine fleet across the Middle East amid rising tensions with Iran and Lebanon-based Hezbollah. Doron Kadosh, a journalist associated with Galei Tzakhal, has reported that Israel has initiated the d…
GD Electric Boat secures $517M contract for Virginia-class submarine parts
GD Electric Boat, a business unit of General Dynamics, announced today it was awarded a $517.2 million delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement for procurement and delivery of initial Virginia-class attack submarine spare par…
Haunting images of burnt Russian submarine leaked
First photos of the burned-out Russian diesel submarine at the dry dock in occupied Crimea have been leaked to the public by a Western media outlet. The Russian Rostov-on-Don Project 636.3 submarine and large landing ship, named the Minsk, were damaged…
US Navy declares initial operational capability for new mini-submarine
Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp has announced that U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) declared Initial Operational Capability for Dry Combat Submersible (DCS). According to a press release, the Navy’s special operations min…
Boeing releases first video of new unmanned submarine testing
Aerospace giant Boeing has released the first video of the U.S. Navy’s 85-Foot Orca unmanned submarine in-sea testing. “The Navy Orca XLUUV’s full, advanced autonomy allows the vehicle to operate for months at a time in open, congested and contes…