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The Falkland experience suggests that cheap diesel submarines could be very difficult to counter even when facing well-trained and well-equipped adversaries.

Why would Iran invest considerable sums in building its own submarines instead of shelling out for off-the-shelf hardware in Russia or China?  Iran's military has adapted as well as it can under many restrictions and sanctions. However, could it really hope to take on America?

The Republic of Korea Navy is no longer solely focused on the threat from its northern neighbor, but is embarking on an expansion to build a fully-fledged blue water fleet. Supported by its two main naval shipbuilders – Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) based in Ulsan and Daewoo Shipbuilding and Mechanical Engineering (DSME) based in Okpo […]

Hollywood might often showcase submarines hunting down and attacking other submarines, but it’s actually been a very rare event in history.

The USS Nautilus traveled around the world, blockaded Cuba in the early 1960s, and set the standard for nuclear-powered submarines.

Inhabitants of Greece's tiny island of Kastellórizo feel threatened by the expansionist rhetoric of Turkey's President Erdoğan. Yet Greece's Muslim minority in Western Thrace also feel insecure in an overwhelmingly Orthodox country. And now there is the added complication of refugees.

Iran isn't a major naval power, but the confined waters of the Persian Gulf would give its submarines some advantages.

Waged with advanced, streamlined submarines, hunting each other from the polar ice cap to the Eastern seaboard, the Cold War undersea “game” lasted for over three decades.

Tehran may not be an advanced great power, but it knows how to build a good shallow-water submarine fleet. Here is why the Navy is taking notice.

Οι προειδοποιήσεις για χτύπημα στο αεροδρόμιο της Καμπούλ επιβεβαιώθηκαν τελικά με τον χειρότερο τρόπο. Εκτενείς αναφορές και σχόλια στον γερμανικό τύπο.