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An Extremely Brief History of Military Submarines
Giant squids, blind crabs and effective atomic destruction all hide underneath the ocean. Far from prying eyes or satellites or reconnaissance planes, the depths of the sea are the most flexible space to effectively hide military power — though it took more than 100 years for the military to take advantage of the capability. The earliest submarines were human powered and designed to unobtrusively attack ships close to shore or in port and had a poor track record of success.
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China invests in nuclear submarines
China's military is investing heavily in advanced submarines, including both ballistic and cruise missile firing vessels and attack subs. Recently, Beijing showed off what appears to be a mock-up of its next-generation nuclear-powered attack submarine, according to veteran military analyst Rick Fisher.
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Shanghai to San Francisco in 100 minutes by Chinese supersonic submarine
China has moved a step closer to creating a supersonic submarine that could travel from Shanghai to San Francisco in less than two hours. New technology developed by a team of scientists at Harbin Institute of Technology's Complex Flow and Heat Transfer Lab has made it easier for a submarine, or torpedo, to travel at extremely high speeds underwater.
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551 Feet Under the Sea: What It’s Like to Ride in a Deep-Sea Sub
I heard a screwing noise as the hatch of our sub was sealed. A bright orange hose from topside that had been inserted into the sub to blow fresh air as we loaded had been removed, and the interior felt warm and damp and close. All was still.
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What It Felt Like to Test the First Submarine Nuclear Reactor
In the middle of last century, out in southern Idaho, amid the sagebrush and the steppes, the Navy kept a secret site. In that place—dry and arid, far from the sea and very much unlike it—scientists and engineers simulated a nuclear-powered submarine.
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Giant squid attacks Greenpeace submarine
INCREDIBLE footage has emerged of a huge squid taking on a Greenpeace submarine. The video was released by Greenpeace on Vine and shows the squid spinning around and squirting black ink at the sub. The shocked crew pointed a light at the squid to try and scare it away. The squid continued to thrash around and whip the sub with its tentacles.
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Russia tells Sweden that hunting for its submarines is 'a mindless waste of Swedish taxpayer money'
Over the weekend Rear Admiral Anders Grenstad confirmed to the press that the apparent sighting of a Russian submarine on October 31 last year was in fact just a civilian working boat, after close examination of pictures taken by a former naval officer. But, he also said, the fact that Russia was sailing submarines around Swedish waters last year remains completely true: “The assessment that Swedish territory was violated in October 2014 remains correct in its entirety.”
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Finland Drops Depth Charges in 'Submarine' Alert
The Finnish navy drops underwater depth charges as a warning to a suspected submarine in waters near its capital, Helsinki.
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North Korea Modified Submarine Missile Launch Photos, Says U.S. Official
Photographs showing a North Korean missile launched from a submarine were manipulated by state propagandists and the country may be years away from developing such technology, analysts and a top U.S . military official said on Tuesday.
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Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson review – how were 1,198 deaths allowed to happen
One hundred years after the liner Lusitania was sunk by a German submarine, a new account asks whether it could have been prevented, and offers up some surprises.
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Thai navy approves US$1.1b plan to buy submarines from China
Thailand approved a US$1.1 billion plan to buy three submarines from China in what could be a sign the country is cosying up to the regional superpower.
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Russian Submarine Wreck Found in Sweden's Territorial Waters
A wrecked mini-submarine was found last week in waters off of Sweden’s eastern coast, media in Sweden reported on July 27. Authorities believe it is a Russian model, primarily because of Cyrillic letters on the hull. They have not disclosed the exact location of the wreckage, but say it is around 1.5 nautical miles from the Swedish coast.
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Sweden Investigates Mysterious Submarine Found Off Coast
Defense experts debate whether the submarine ran aground recently or as far back as WWI
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3rd August 1958 - Nautilus travels under North Pole
The U.S. nuclear submarine Nautilus accomplishes the first undersea voyage to the geographic North Pole. The world’s first nuclear submarine, the Nautilus dived at Point Barrow, Alaska, and traveled nearly 1,000 miles under the Arctic ice cap to reach the top of the world.
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Russia’s Biggest Submarine, the Akula
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Britain’s Nuclear Arsenal Is a Hazardous Mess
Safety mishaps plague Trident program. By Tom Barlow Brown.
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Bling below the waves: ‘A submarine of my own’
How personal submarines have become the latest must-have accessory for the super-rich. By Neil Koenig.
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Nuclear Submarine Breaking Through Arctic Ice
Los Angeles-class submarine USS Hartford (SSN-768) breaking through several feet of solid ice in order to surface in the Arctic Circle.
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North Korea 'fires missile from submarine'
North Korea has fired a submarine-based ballistic missile, South Korea's Yonhap news agency says.
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NASA Submarine On Titan Will Look For Life
NASA is working on sending a submarine into the depths of the Kraken Mare — the largest ocean on Saturn’s moon Titan. There are really two big reasons why we want to go to Titan. Number one: “to determine if hydrocarbon based life is possible on Titan,” said Jason Hartwig, a NASA cryogenics engineer, in a presentation at the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Symposium in Raleigh on Wednesday.
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