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China is building a powerful navy to take on the US in the Pacific — here's...
China's naval force is growing at an incredible rate, not just in size but also in combat capability. It's reportedly growing faster than any other great-power navy.The Chinese People's Liberation Army...
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An explorer who dove to the deepest point in the ocean found a plastic bag...
Explorer Victor Vescovo has almost reached the end of his mission to visit the deepest corners of all five oceans.On his fourth major dive, Vescovo found a plastic bag and candy wrappers at the bottom...
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US Navy sailors created a 'rape list' aboard the military's second submarine...
A "rape list" was shared by US service members of the guided-missile submarine Florida's Gold crew. Investigators found that "lewd and sexist comments and jokes were tolerated, and trust up and down...
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14 Russian submariners dead after fire on Navy research vessel, Russian media...
A Russian Navy research submarine caught fire in Russian waters near the naval base of Severomorsk on Monday, Russia's Interfax news agency reported.Fourteen submariners died after being poisoned by...
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The Russian submarine that caught fire and killed 14 may have been designed...
A Russian navy submarine caught fire on Monday, killing 14 sailors on board.Two independent Russian news outlets reported that the vessel was the AS-12 "Losharik," a nuclear-powered vessel that US...
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10 silly terms you'll only hear on submarines
Submariners spend months at a time in their own little world under the ocean.That kind of isolation gives rise a lot of idiosyncrasies, including some very specific lingo.Visit Business Insider's...
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France's new, $10 billion stealth 'Barracuda' submarine just rolled out of...
France's first Barracuda-class nuclear-powered submarine just rolled out of the workshop in Cherbourg.President Emmanuel Macron will unveil the new sub, which brings land-attack and...
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Boris Johnson's first task as prime minister will be to write this terrifying...
Boris Johnson won a landslide in the UK's Conservative Party leadership election Tuesday, and will now become the UK's next prime minister.Johnson will become the prime minister Wednesday, and one of...
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The US just awarded a billion-dollar contract for a critical anti-submarine...
The US government has awarded a billion-dollar contract for the production of sonobuoys, which are used to hunt submarines.Demand for sonobuoys is only expected to grow, and the contract comes as the...
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Here's how the Navy picks names for its ships — and how it breaks its own...
The Secretary of the Navy is charged with naming new US Navy ships, but there are rules to how those ships are named.The Navy sometimes breaks the naming rules, which is itself a tradition, a new...
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Deep in California's Monterey Bay, scientists captured an underwater...
An unmanned expedition to the depths of Monterey Bay, California, discovered a baleen-whale carcass on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. The carcass still contained some blubber and internal organs....
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The Navy just used a drone to deliver supplies to a submarine at sea for the...
Submarines with the US Navy's Pacific Fleet rigged a drone and the sail of a submarine into a package delivery and receiving platform.A drone-based delivery system could bring parts and other supplies...
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The US Navy's recent visit to a vital WWII hub is another sign it's thinking...
One of the Navy's two submarine tenders visited Ulithi Atoll in the Western Pacific earlier this month.Tenders can support subs and surface ships, and the visit to the atoll, a major logistics hub...
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These US Navy planes help hunt down one of the greatest threats to American...
As US aircraft carriers operate around the world, the Navy often relies on aerial assets to find and track submarines, one of the greatest existential threats to a carrier and its strike group.P-8A...
View ArticleThis incredible animation shows how deep the ocean really is
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Taiwan is starting to build 8 new submarines as China continues to beef up...
Summary List PlacementTAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan will start work next week to build the first of eight new domestically developed submarines, it said on Friday, a long-mooted project to strengthen the...
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US Coast Guard won't 'close the door' on hunting submarines again in the future
Summary List PlacementThe US Navy is scrambling to adjust to what it sees as growing threats posed by the Russian and Chinese navies, particularly their submarine fleets, which are getting larger and...
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As China ramps up military flights around Taiwan, another quieter mission...
Summary List PlacementChina's military flights around Taiwan have intensified in recent weeks in what is seen as an effort to test Taiwan and to send a message to its partners, especially the US.Amid...
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China's rapidly growing navy just got 3 new warships in a single day
Summary List PlacementChina recently added three new vessels to its growing navy on the same day. The move was a first for the service and one that highlights its expanding ability to fight at sea.The...
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The US Navy used this deadly submarine disaster to help train responders to...
Summary List PlacementThe US Navy recently conducted a search-and-rescue exercise testing its ability to respond to a sinking submarine. Such situations are rare, but they do happen and can be deadly....
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