Greece
SeaHake mod 4, PLUTO GIGAS and the frogmen’s vehicles: the Hellenic Navy’s underwater war
The SeaHake mod 4 heavy torpedo, the PLUTO GIGAS mine-hunting ROV and the divers’ propulsion vehicles passed in the October…
Topic
Submarines
Defense Industry
TKMS reports record order backlog of €20.1 billion, as Burkhard expects profitable growth to continue
German shipbuilder TKMS says its order backlog reached a record €20.1 billion at the end of June. CEO Oliver Burkhard…
Defense Industry
U.S. Navy breaks ground in Mississippi on a $60 million submarine propeller plant, with $22 million from Australia
A new 38,000-square-foot Bird-Johnson facility in Pascagoula will make propulsors and rotors for submarines, funded in part by Australia's contribution…
Greece
Hürriyet: Athens–Berlin “bargaining” over U212 CD submarines – Ankara reportedly asked for the same, built at Gölcük
Turkish daily Hürriyet claims Ankara has approached Berlin for the same new-generation submarines that interest Greece, proposing part of the…
Advertorial Military & Defense
Greece–France: the strategic alliance and the official offer of Blacksword Barracuda submarines
From Rafale jets and FDI frigates to crises in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean, Greece and France have built…
Asia-Pacific
North Korea tests two types of submarine-launched strategic cruise missiles, two days after 900 km ballistic launches
North Korea says it test-fired two types of strategic cruise missiles from a submarine in the East Sea on October…
Asia-Pacific
North Korea calls Japan’s nuclear-powered submarines a “dark intention” and a “stepping stone” to nuclear weapons
Pyongyang accuses Japan of seeking nuclear-powered submarines as a “stepping stone” to nuclear arms. The reaction follows Defence Minister Shinjiro…
Europe
Pistorius to Dendias: “We hope for a good German offer” on U212 CD submarines, as TKMS says it has not yet submitted one
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius promoted TKMS’s Type 212 CD submarines to his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias in Crete, but…
Analysis
Analysis: KSS-III, the Korean submarine with vertical launch cells offered to Greece by Hanwha and HD Hyundai
Analysis: Hanwha Ocean has proposed four KSS-III Batch II submarines to the Hellenic Navy, built jointly in Greece with ONEX,…
Military & Defense
Anduril and U.S. Navy plan $6.6 billion submarine production expansion in Maryland
Anduril plans a $3.7 billion Maryland shipyard, backed by a Navy contract worth up to $2.9 billion, to manufacture Virginia-class…
Europe
German Ambassador defended Greece against Turkey’s new provocation, but is it enough?
On the occasion of Devlet Bahçeli's extremely provocative maps that showed Aegean islands, including Kastellorizo and Crete under the Turkish…
Military & Defense
USS Oregon (SSN 793) Block IV design submarine commissioned
On the 28th of May, the United States Navy held a commissioning ceremony for the fast-attack submarine USS Oregon (SSN…