As per report by the UK based Janes Defence Weekly on December 29, 2021, India on November 23, 2021 quietly launched its third SSBN (Nuclear Missile Submarine) at the secretive SBC (Ship Building Centre) in Visakhapatnam. Neither the Indian Navy nor the Ministry of Defense confirmed the news but according to the sources in the […]
Israel Has Ordered Three New Dakar-Class Submarines from TKMS thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) has reached an agreement with the Israeli Ministry of Defence on the framework conditions for the purchase of three Dakar-class submarines. After extensive negotiations, all parties involved agreed to the technical content and contractual provisions in mid January. Official rendering of the […]
NOC Member Tom Lewis was the advisory historian for the project which simulated a virtual dive on the wreck of I-124, a WWII Japanese submarine, sunk 80 years ago today, 20 January, in combat with HMAS Deloraine, off Darwin Harbour. I-124 was the first Japanese warship sunk by the Royal Australian Navy. The video can […]
The USN has separated 20 sailors, all of whom were in their first 180 days of active duty, for continued refusal of the COVID-19 vaccine. The sailors are the first that the Navy has separated, the sea service announced on 5 January. No other active-duty sailors have been separated due to vaccine refusal, although the […]
According to monitoring from a Chinese think tank, the US military conducted highly intensive operations near China including aerial close-in reconnaissance, aircraft carrier drills and submarine activities over the past year, posing severe military threats and security risks to China in regions including the South China Sea and the Taiwan Straits, military experts said on […]
