The Navy Isn’t Prepared To Face The Growing Diesel Submarine Threat
A veteran submarine hunter explains how the proliferation of ever more capable diesel-electric submarines is a major problem for the U.S. Navy.
Tag: Diesel-Electric
Chilean Navy Diesel-Electric Attack Submarine Appears In San Diego (Updated)
Working with foreign diesel-electric submarines provides valuable training to the US Navy, which only operates nuclear-powered types.
The Navy Now Has A Submarine Aggressor Squadron
The unit is intended to provide Navy submariners and anti-submarine forces with an opponent that fights just like a wide range of potential foes.
Royal Navy Sub Appears In Gibraltar Equipped With A Wake Detection System
The U.K. Royal Navy’s Trafalgar-class attack submarine HMS Talent has emerged in the British territory of Gibraltar equipped with what appears to be a specialized system to detect hostile subs without using sonar. The concept of using various sensors to pick up the non-acoustic signatures of other submarines is hardly new, but Talent’s added equipment follows years of reports of increasing underwater activity from potential opponents, such as Russia and China, in both the Atlantic and the Pacific, among other bodies of water.
This U.S. Navy ‘Yellow Submarine’ Was A Target Shaped Like A North Korean Sub
The Navy now has a much-improved, remote-controlled submarine target for testing all-new anti-submarine warfare capabilities.
German Type 212 Sub Has This ‘Propeller Boss Vortex Diffuser’ To Reduce Its Acoustic Signature
Not much is known about the system, but it’s based on similar principals as finned systems commercial ships use to increase efficiency.
U.S. Navy Wants Aggressor Submarine Unit To Mimic Russian and Chinese Subs In Training
The service wants a Topgun-like program for submariners and its plans could push it toward finally buying new, non-nuclear subs.
Sweden’s Notorious Little Carrier Killing Sub Just Got Some Major Upgrades
Gotland blazed a trail for modern air-independent propulsion equipped diesel-electric subs, wreaking havoc on U.S. carrier groups in drills.