This raises the question: is the regime in Tehran leveraging its naval fleet, and what capabilities does it actually possess?

Few things bring to mind the frightful reality of the Cold War and modern naval combat more than submarines. Even with the technology we have today, it is still hard to detect and even harder to ...

"A full-scale vessel, the Fenian Ram had many of the features we associate with modern submarines," notes the Irish American Museum. "He frightened fishermen and small boating parties on Long ...

Recently, the rise of satellite technology and its availability for commercial use has made it possible for ordinary people to experience the world in more convenient ways. However, it has made ...

The modern submarine is capable of far more operations than its predecessors. In addition to conducting reconnaissance missions, submarines can engage land-based targets from vast distances.

The drive to explore is one of the most potent human urges. Finding out what's just around the next bend has been a ...

In coming years, something similar is going to be true in the Pacific, where an expansionist China has been working steadily to create a large and modern submarine force to contest U.S. and allied ...

Allied and adversarial navies are building air-independent submarines that can remain on submerged patrol for long periods, allowing them to complete more than 90% of modern submarine missions.

Modern nuclear submarines are some of the most complex machines of war ever constructed. They can remain at sea for years, can submerge for extended lengths of time, and they run almost silently.

Designing the future submarine so that it incorporates nothing ... mechanism to comprehend and respond to the energy demands of modern combat. A central agency—an ADF operational advanced ...

The surest method of taking the fight to the PLA early in that war will be with submarines operating securely underneath China’s A2/AD sensors and weapons. While today’s modern nuclear ...

Known as anechoic tiles, many modern classes of submarine are coated almost all over the hull by thousands of these rubber-like patches. Their purpose is twofold: first of all they dampen sounds ...