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Future USS District of Columbia (SSBN 826) Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine with front section heading out of Newport News, Virginia heading to Connecticut - November 18, 2025 SRC: FB- Hampton Roads & Chesapeake Bay Ship Watchers
November 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Defence Secretary John Healey has issued a direct warning to the Kremlin after the Russian intelligence-gathering ship Yantar returned to the northern approaches of the UK and targeted RAF crews with laser devices.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/russia-warne...
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Russia warned as ship sits off Scotland and targets aircraft
Defence Secretary John Healey has issued a direct warning to the Kremlin after the Russian intelligence-gathering ship Yantar returned to the northern approaches of the UK and targeted RAF crews with laser devices.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
November 19, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Defence Secretary John Healey has issued a direct warning to the Kremlin after the Russian intelligence-gathering ship Yantar returned to the northern approaches of the UK and targeted RAF crews with laser devices.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/russia-warne...
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/russia-warne...
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UK 🇬🇧 Ministry of Defence (MOD) image of Russian spy ship Yantar, presumably in or near UK waters.
Note that the ROV (remote operated vehicle, a deep-sea robot) A-frame is deployed (red). It’s doing something on the seabed.
Also two new radomes (yellow)
Note that the ROV (remote operated vehicle, a deep-sea robot) A-frame is deployed (red). It’s doing something on the seabed.
Also two new radomes (yellow)
November 19, 2025 at 12:47 PM
UK 🇬🇧 Ministry of Defence (MOD) image of Russian spy ship Yantar, presumably in or near UK waters.
Note that the ROV (remote operated vehicle, a deep-sea robot) A-frame is deployed (red). It’s doing something on the seabed.
Also two new radomes (yellow)
Note that the ROV (remote operated vehicle, a deep-sea robot) A-frame is deployed (red). It’s doing something on the seabed.
Also two new radomes (yellow)
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On November 17, 2025, Navantia announced the floating of the S-82 Narciso Monturiol, the second submarine of the S-80 class 🇪🇸
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
Navantia launches second S-80 class submarine - Naval News
On November 17, 2025, Navantia announced the floating of the S-82 Narciso Monturiol, the second submarine of the S-80 class.
www.navalnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:54 AM
On November 17, 2025, Navantia announced the floating of the S-82 Narciso Monturiol, the second submarine of the S-80 class 🇪🇸
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
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New cutaway, Australian Collins class submarine. Drawn in MS Paint. Here-> www.hisutton.com/Collins-Clas...
November 17, 2025 at 6:56 AM
New cutaway, Australian Collins class submarine. Drawn in MS Paint. Here-> www.hisutton.com/Collins-Clas...
#ColdWar
Soviet Navy Pacific Fleet's Project 1941 Titan/KAPUSTA-class command & control/communications ship URAL (SSV-33).
Date & author unknown.
Soviet Navy Pacific Fleet's Project 1941 Titan/KAPUSTA-class command & control/communications ship URAL (SSV-33).
Date & author unknown.
November 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
#ColdWar
Soviet Navy Pacific Fleet's Project 1941 Titan/KAPUSTA-class command & control/communications ship URAL (SSV-33).
Date & author unknown.
Soviet Navy Pacific Fleet's Project 1941 Titan/KAPUSTA-class command & control/communications ship URAL (SSV-33).
Date & author unknown.
#SubSunday #Submarines #History
WWI-German Activities: The periscope in a German U-Boat submarine observes a battle. Halftone photograph of a drawing. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
Source: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pe...
WWI-German Activities: The periscope in a German U-Boat submarine observes a battle. Halftone photograph of a drawing. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
Source: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pe...
November 16, 2025 at 8:09 AM
#SubSunday #Submarines #History
WWI-German Activities: The periscope in a German U-Boat submarine observes a battle. Halftone photograph of a drawing. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
Source: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pe...
WWI-German Activities: The periscope in a German U-Boat submarine observes a battle. Halftone photograph of a drawing. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
Source: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pe...
Giving away the old Third Reich gold, Switzerland?
To negotiate a trade deal with the President of the United States, the Swiss government arrived with a "special Rolex desktop clock" and "a 1-kilogram personalized gold bar"
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Giving away the old Third Reich gold, Switzerland?
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Deserves wider attention
November 15, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Deserves wider attention
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Japan weighs nuclear submarines as new Defense Minister Koizumi signals break from postwar nuclear taboo 🇯🇵 ☢️
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
Japan Weighs Nuclear Submarines as New Defense Minister Koizumi Signals Break from Postwar Nuclear Taboo - Naval News
Japan new Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi has publicly called for Tokyo to consider acquiring nuclear powered submarines (SSN)
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November 12, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Japan weighs nuclear submarines as new Defense Minister Koizumi signals break from postwar nuclear taboo 🇯🇵 ☢️
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
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Need some analysis of the new NATO Maritime Strategy?
You're in luck, I wrote some just for you.
www.fpri.org/article/2025...
You're in luck, I wrote some just for you.
www.fpri.org/article/2025...
Collective Seapower: NATO’s New Maritime Strategy - Foreign Policy Research Institute
NATO has finally unveiled its new Alliance Maritime Strategy, refreshing a document that had not been publicly updated since 2011. While high-level strategy
www.fpri.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Need some analysis of the new NATO Maritime Strategy?
You're in luck, I wrote some just for you.
www.fpri.org/article/2025...
You're in luck, I wrote some just for you.
www.fpri.org/article/2025...
#SubMonday #Submarines
Taiwanese Navy Hai Kun-class diesel-electric attack submarine ROCS Hai Kun (SS-711) was released from the dry dock of Taiwan Shipbuilding Corporation in the early September & remains moored at the pier. Photo by Liu Xuesheng, Sept 2, 2025.
Source: money.udn.com/money/story/...
Taiwanese Navy Hai Kun-class diesel-electric attack submarine ROCS Hai Kun (SS-711) was released from the dry dock of Taiwan Shipbuilding Corporation in the early September & remains moored at the pier. Photo by Liu Xuesheng, Sept 2, 2025.
Source: money.udn.com/money/story/...
November 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
#SubMonday #Submarines
Taiwanese Navy Hai Kun-class diesel-electric attack submarine ROCS Hai Kun (SS-711) was released from the dry dock of Taiwan Shipbuilding Corporation in the early September & remains moored at the pier. Photo by Liu Xuesheng, Sept 2, 2025.
Source: money.udn.com/money/story/...
Taiwanese Navy Hai Kun-class diesel-electric attack submarine ROCS Hai Kun (SS-711) was released from the dry dock of Taiwan Shipbuilding Corporation in the early September & remains moored at the pier. Photo by Liu Xuesheng, Sept 2, 2025.
Source: money.udn.com/money/story/...
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New article, North Korea’s unreported submersible torpedo boat may be uncrewed www.hisutton.com/North-Korean...
#OSINT
#OSINT
November 10, 2025 at 6:59 AM
New article, North Korea’s unreported submersible torpedo boat may be uncrewed www.hisutton.com/North-Korean...
#OSINT
#OSINT
#NavalNews #Submarines
Japan eyes nuclear subs after U.S. gives OK to S. Korea
Source: www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...
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Japan eyes nuclear subs after U.S. gives OK to S. Korea
Source: www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...
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Japan eyes nuclear subs after U.S. gives OK to S. Korea | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
The Japanese defense minister said on Nov. 6 that Japan must consider adding nuclear-powered submarines to its fleet, a sentiment spurred by U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent approval for South Kor...
www.asahi.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:45 AM
#NavalNews #Submarines
Japan eyes nuclear subs after U.S. gives OK to S. Korea
Source: www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...
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Japan eyes nuclear subs after U.S. gives OK to S. Korea
Source: www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...
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Admiral Frankimov
November 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Admiral Frankimov
#SubSaturday #Submarines
Paul Teutul Sr., of "American Chopper", looks through one of USS Albuquerque's (SSN-706) periscopes during a tour of the submarine.
Paul Teutul Sr., of "American Chopper", looks through one of USS Albuquerque's (SSN-706) periscopes during a tour of the submarine.
November 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
#SubSaturday #Submarines
Paul Teutul Sr., of "American Chopper", looks through one of USS Albuquerque's (SSN-706) periscopes during a tour of the submarine.
Paul Teutul Sr., of "American Chopper", looks through one of USS Albuquerque's (SSN-706) periscopes during a tour of the submarine.
#SubSaturday #Submarines
"The devil is in the details". Virginia-class Block IV nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-795) challenge coin.
"The devil is in the details". Virginia-class Block IV nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-795) challenge coin.
November 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
#SubSaturday #Submarines
"The devil is in the details". Virginia-class Block IV nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-795) challenge coin.
"The devil is in the details". Virginia-class Block IV nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-795) challenge coin.
#SubSaturday #Submarines
M23-class midget submarine made by Italian company M23 S.R.L. for the Qatari Emiri Navy spotted recently in Italy.
Source: x.com/NichoConcu/s...
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M23-class midget submarine made by Italian company M23 S.R.L. for the Qatari Emiri Navy spotted recently in Italy.
Source: x.com/NichoConcu/s...
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November 8, 2025 at 11:44 AM
#SubSaturday #Submarines
M23-class midget submarine made by Italian company M23 S.R.L. for the Qatari Emiri Navy spotted recently in Italy.
Source: x.com/NichoConcu/s...
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M23-class midget submarine made by Italian company M23 S.R.L. for the Qatari Emiri Navy spotted recently in Italy.
Source: x.com/NichoConcu/s...
FYI @covertshores.bsky.social @alxluck.bsky.social @navalnews.com @mikeplunkett.bsky.social @salisbot.bsky.social
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Italian Navy Todaro-class attack submarine ITS Romeo Romei (S 529) in La Spezia, Italy - November 7, 2025 SRC: TW-@Gibdan1
November 8, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Italian Navy Todaro-class attack submarine ITS Romeo Romei (S 529) in La Spezia, Italy - November 7, 2025 SRC: TW-@Gibdan1
The meme potential is strong with this one
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 7, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The meme potential is strong with this one
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The Chinese Navy (PLAN) has commissioned aircraft carrier Fujian on November 5 in Sanya. I provide an overview on the event and a preliminary assessment on how the development fits into wider Chinese carrier aviation, for @navalnews.com.
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
Chinese Navy Takes Aircraft Carrier Fujian Into Active Service
The Chinese Navy has commissioned the first aircraft carrier with electromagnetic catapults, Fujian, into active service in Hainan.
www.navalnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:22 AM
The Chinese Navy (PLAN) has commissioned aircraft carrier Fujian on November 5 in Sanya. I provide an overview on the event and a preliminary assessment on how the development fits into wider Chinese carrier aviation, for @navalnews.com.
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
#SubThursday #Submarines
Sturgeon-class nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Guitarro (SSN-665), aka “The Mare Island Mud Puppy”, launching UGM-109 Tomahawk SLCM during UGM-109 trials in the late 70s or early 80s. Source: Guitarro Inactivation Ceremony Booklet, NHHC Archives.
Sturgeon-class nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Guitarro (SSN-665), aka “The Mare Island Mud Puppy”, launching UGM-109 Tomahawk SLCM during UGM-109 trials in the late 70s or early 80s. Source: Guitarro Inactivation Ceremony Booklet, NHHC Archives.
November 6, 2025 at 7:51 AM
#SubThursday #Submarines
Sturgeon-class nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Guitarro (SSN-665), aka “The Mare Island Mud Puppy”, launching UGM-109 Tomahawk SLCM during UGM-109 trials in the late 70s or early 80s. Source: Guitarro Inactivation Ceremony Booklet, NHHC Archives.
Sturgeon-class nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Guitarro (SSN-665), aka “The Mare Island Mud Puppy”, launching UGM-109 Tomahawk SLCM during UGM-109 trials in the late 70s or early 80s. Source: Guitarro Inactivation Ceremony Booklet, NHHC Archives.
#SubThursday #Submarines Skate-class nuclear-powered submarine USS Sargo (SSN-583) surfaced above the Arctic Circle, 1960. USN photo courtesy of the US Navy Arctic Submarine Laboratory, NAVSOURCE.
Source: navsource.net/archives/08/...
Source: navsource.net/archives/08/...
November 6, 2025 at 7:30 AM
#SubThursday #Submarines Skate-class nuclear-powered submarine USS Sargo (SSN-583) surfaced above the Arctic Circle, 1960. USN photo courtesy of the US Navy Arctic Submarine Laboratory, NAVSOURCE.
Source: navsource.net/archives/08/...
Source: navsource.net/archives/08/...
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PSA for my fellow naval nerds - the updated NATO Maritime Strategy has now been released ⬇️
www.nato.int/cps/en/natoh...
www.nato.int/cps/en/natoh...
www.nato.int
November 4, 2025 at 9:59 AM
PSA for my fellow naval nerds - the updated NATO Maritime Strategy has now been released ⬇️
www.nato.int/cps/en/natoh...
www.nato.int/cps/en/natoh...
FYI @covertshores.bsky.social , a narco semi-submersible recently seized by the Portuguese Navy & Air Force off the Azores.
Operação El Dorado da Polícia Judiciária (PJ), Marinha Portuguesa, Força Aérea Portuguesa (FAP), madrugada 29Out2025, 1 000 milhas de Lisboa, ao largo Açores, apreende semi-submersível, 4 tripulantes, 1,7 ton cocaína, destino Península Ibérica. Mais info espada-e-escudo.blogspot.com/2025/11/oper...
November 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
FYI @covertshores.bsky.social , a narco semi-submersible recently seized by the Portuguese Navy & Air Force off the Azores.