submarines
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Monster Machines: Say Hello To America’s Newest Attack Sub
After five years of construction, the newest submarine in the US fleet is ready to set sail. But this Virginia-class sub is not like the others — it’s far more deadly and way less expensive to operate.
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This Giant Russian Ship Is Toting Two Submarines
America’s isn’t the only military to rely on heavy-lift transport vessels, the unusual class of utility ship that helped ferry the crippled USS Cole home for repairs. Russia has just released a series of photos documenting the slow return trip to the Zvezdochka shipyard for a pair of its Akula II-class submarines, the Bratsk and…
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The Sub That Took Russia 20 Years To Build Is Finally Ready
After more than two decades in development, Russia has finally inducted its newest submarine into the Northern Fleet — a massive nuclear-powered submarine hunter christened the Severodvinsk. Better late than never, I guess.
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Monster Machines: This Submarine Periscope Can Spy Virtually Through The Waves
On the modern high seas, raising your submarine’s periscope at the wrong time is just as bad as raising a flag with a target on it. But thanks to a new optical suite developed by Israel’s Technion Institute of Technology, tomorrow’s subs will only ever have to break waves when in port.