Tag Archives: submarines

China Launches Additional Type 094 SSBNs

Posted on November 25, 2018

Workers at the Bohai Shipyard at Huludao have constructed two additional Type 094 JIN-class ballistic missile nuclear submarines (SSBN), satellite imagery from Planet Labs suggests. One Type 094 relocated from the shipyard’s fabrication hall to the nearby fitting-out pier in … Continue reading →

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Iran’s high speed catamaran, Shahid Nazeri, deploys near the Strait of Hormuz

Posted on April 27, 2017

Satellite imagery shows Iran’s high speed catamaran, Shahid Nazeri, at Bandar Abbas, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp Navy (IRGCN) First Region naval base. The IRGCN deployed the Shahid Nazeri to an operational naval base and what could be the vessel’s home … Continue reading →

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The U.S. Pivot to Nowhere

Posted on October 21, 2016

by Patrick Truffer. He graduated from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich with a Bachelor of Arts in Public Affairs and completes a Master of Arts program in International Relations at the Freie Universität Berlin. In an address … Continue reading →

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A Golden Age for Singaporean Shipbuilding

Posted on March 8, 2016

by Paul Pryce. With degrees in political science from both sides of the pond, Paul Pryce has previously worked as Senior Research Fellow for the Atlantic Council of Canada’s Canadian Armed Forces program, as a Research Fellow for the OSCE … Continue reading →

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Brazil’s Nuclear Submarine Program at Risk After Corruption Scandal

Posted on August 7, 2015

by Robert Beckhusen In late July, 2015, some stunning news hit the Brazilian nuclear program. Othon Luiz Pinheiro da Silva, a retired navy admiral, a leading nuclear engineer, head of Brazil’s state-controlled nuclear power company Eletronuclear and a central figure … Continue reading →

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Did China Just Build a New Midget Submarine – Update

Posted on July 8, 2015

Three weeks ago, Offiziere requested information about a possible new Chinese midget submarine spotted at the Wuchang shipyard. The article was widely spread and cross-posted on Bellingcat, among others. Unfortunately, we didn’t receive any substantive information and even our colleagues from CIMSEC … Continue reading →

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Request for information: Did China Just Build a New Midget Submarine?

Posted on June 19, 2015

Imagery acquired by commercial satellite firm DigitalGlobe from October 2014 shows what appears to be a new midget submarine at China’s Wuchang shipyard. Imagery captured the vessel berthed at the shipyard’s fitting out pier. According to imagery measurements, the vessel … Continue reading →

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The Brazilian Navy: Green Water or Blue?

Posted on January 9, 2015

by Paul Pryce. Paul Pryce is a Junior Research Fellow at the Atlantic Council of Canada. With degrees in political science from universities on both sides of the pond, he has previously worked in conflict resolution as a Research Fellow … Continue reading →

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Europe Needs the UK’s Sea-Based Nuclear Deterrent

Posted on September 29, 2014

by Felix F. Seidler. Felix is a fellow at the Institute for Security Policy, University of Kiel, Germany and runs the site Seidlers Sicherheitspolitik”. This article was published there at first. The no-vote on the Scottish independence referendum has saved … Continue reading →

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The unmanned underwater future

Posted on April 26, 2014

Text by Rosalyn Turner. Rosalyn Turner is an intern of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) with research interests in counterterrorism, international security and emerging defence technologies. This article was published there at first. As Australia wrestles with the difficult … Continue reading →

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