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This Is Your Chance To Buy James Bond's Actual, Working Submarine Car

James Bond's Lotus Esprit may not be as beautiful or iconic as the Aston Martin DB5, but it is the most outlandish ride 007 ever drove. That's because it doubled as a submarine.The car used in the...

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Russia Wants More Subs, Surface Ships And This Is Their Plan To Get Them

The cover article of the brand new issue of Moscow Defense Brief (subscription required) from the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies, examines developments in Russian military...

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Elon Musk Secretly Spent Nearly $1 Million On A Working James Bond Submarine Car

Tesla Motors and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is the secret buyer of the Lotus submarine car used in the James Bond movie "The Spy Who Loved Me,"Jalopnik is reporting.The Esprit Series 1, which was converted...

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Navy's New Submarine Program Still 'Top Priority,' Even If It Means Scrapping...

ST. MARYS, Ga. (AP) — Navy officials call the replacement of Ohio-class submarines home-ported at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay and at the Pacific base in Bangor, Wash., the service's "top priority...

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40 Years Ago, The Navy's 'Operation Ivy Bells' Ended With A 70s Version Of...

At the beginning of the 1970's, divers from the specially-equipped submarine, USS Halibut (SSN 587), left their decompression chamber to start a bold and dangerous mission, code named "Ivy...

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USS NORTH DAKOTA: Here's Why This Is The Most Advanced Submarine In The World

Over the weekend, the U.S. Navy christened its newest nuclear-powered fast attack submarine, the USS North Dakota, during a ceremony in Groton, Conn.The North Dakota is the newest Virgina-class...

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U.S. Sends New Submarine-Hunting Jets To Japan Amid East Asia Tension

TOKYO (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy's first advanced P-8 Poseidon patrol aircraft has arrived in Japan, the start of a deployment that will upgrade America's ability to hunt submarines and other vessels in...

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This $1.7 Million Submarine Lets The Rich Find Out What's Below Their Yachts

For the superrich who get tired of hanging out on the ocean's surface, a new toy can let them go below. The $1.7 million DeepFlight Super Falcon has wings, but it does all its "flying" is done...

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The Navy Is Already Working On A Submarine That Won't Be Ready Until 2030

QUONSET POINT, R.I. -- Over the next several years, General Dynamics Electric Boat plans to add several new buildings to its facility here, double its workforce, and invest about $150 million -- all as...

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This Is What It Looks Like When One Of America's Most Epic Submarines...

The submarine surfacing in the picture is the USS Connecticut, a Seawolf-class submarine.In the picture, the USS Connecticut is breaking through three feet of solid ice in the Arctic Ocean in order to...

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This Million Dollar Submarine Is Like An Underwater Plane For The Super-Rich

 <div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div> What billionaire super-yacht owner wouldn't want to outfit their vessel with their very own, personal submarine?Enter the DeepFlight...

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CRAMPED, ISOLATED, AND HEAVILY-ARMED: What Life Is Like On A US Navy Submarine

With deployments underwater typically running 90 days, life onboard a submarine is anything but normal. Cramped quarters are the norm, and sailors must have the right technical know-how as well as...

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Top US Official: China Will Soon Place Long-Range Nuclear Missiles On Submarines

China for the first time will likely have subs equipped with long-range nuclear missiles later this year, part of an increasingly potent submarine fleet, a top US officer said Tuesday,The head of US...

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Russia May Sell China Its New Advanced Submarines

Russia is developing a new advanced submarine class and may sell them to China, according to reports in Russia’s media.Last week, the head of Russia’s Navy, Adm. Viktor Chirkov, announced that Russia...

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Here's How The World Is Trying To Get Internet Across Oceans And Underwater

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The Internet may feel like it's everywhere, but large pockets of sky, swathes of land and most of the oceans are still beyond a signal's reach.Three decades after the first...

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Navy Set To Buy Ten New Submarines For $17.6 Billion

The Navy has awarded an $18 billion contract to General Dynamics Electric Boat to build ten more Virginia-class attack submarines, service officials announced April 28.The award is the latest contract...

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An Unmanned Submarine Imploded 6 Miles Under The Ocean Surface

A remote-controlled deep-sea submarine seems to have imploded while on a mission 6.2 miles beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean, the vehicle's operators said in a media release.The unmanned...

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A Look Inside An Abandoned Russian Nuclear Base in Crimea

The Crimean Peninsula has known many masters: from the ancient Greeks who once colonized the land, through to the conquering Roman, Byzantine, and later, Ottoman empires. In the last hundred years...

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This Is Crimea's Secret Soviet Submarine Base [PHOTOS]

I've been putting it off for a while now, but it's time to talk about the Crimea, more specifically, about the vast aquatic facility built there by the USSR, and designed to house a fleet of...

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Russia Just Christened A Top-Secret Nuclear Submarine

On June 17, the new Project-885 Yasen-class multi-purpose nuclear submarine joined the ranks of the Russian Navy’s fleet. The creation of this nuclear submarine should have become a revolution for the...

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