Joe Buff has an idea: The two boomers may have been practicing sub-on-sub combat maneuvers, including the classic close-trail so well dramatized in "Hunt for Red October." Would two boomers ever fight in a real life war situation? Oh yes! It's public info that SSBN...
submarines
Remarkably interesting post this morning from Hans Kristensen on nuclear ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) patrols; last year the United States Navy conducted 31 deterrent patrols, as compared to a combined.
The Dantons were the last pre-dreadnoughts constructed by the French Navy. They were also the only pre-dreadnoughts to employ turbines, and as far as I know the only 20th century.
Gitlin forwards me the following on the SSBN crash:To the tactical oceanographer, the Atlantic may be less large than it at first appears. It seems the British sub was heading out to sea, while the French vessel was returning from patrol. Both captains, with similar...
Whoa.
Russian submarine launched ballistic missile tests not going well:“After its firing from the submarine Dmitry Donskoy, the Bulava missile self-liquidated and exploded into the air” - Russian MoD spokesman to.
Peter Juul makes the case:Israel’s nuclear deterrent is shrouded in secrecy, but it is estimated to have between 100 and 200 nuclear warheads. Like the United States, Israel’s nuclear delivery forces are structured to form a “triad” of air, land, and sea-based systems. Israel’s long-range...
Most anyone who has ever taken a class from me knows that I have a deep and abiding affection for Hunt for Red October, in spite of the fact that.
And people wonder why I was concerned about the ability to Peter the Great to make it to Venezuela and back:More than 20 people were killed and another 20 injured.
Mr. Trend talks a bit about the resumption of the Brazilian (civilian) nuclear power program:The power plant was originally decreed in the 1970s as part of the military dictatorship's demonstration of how Brazil was finally attaining the levels of "development" it required to assume it's...
Have received this from several correspondents:No match for this, of course.They don't make 'em like they used to.
In 2009, India will begin leasing a Russian Akula class attack submarine. The Chinese wanted one, but it turns out that concerns about Chinese intellectual property policy have made the.