Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defense news. In this weekend’s issue, we cover many topics including the newest TB2… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (9-13 May)"
The AKYA, developed by Roketsan and Turkey’s first heavyweight torpedo, was fired for the first time at a real target. Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar announced the development on his… Continue reading "Turkish Naval Forces Test-Fire The AKYA Heavyweight Torpedo"
Welcome to the Weekend Briefing, where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defence news and comment. We are closing out this month with stories gathered by our… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (25-29 October)"
Kawasaki Heavy Industries launched the Hakugei attack submarine on October 14 at its Kobe Works’ No.1 Building Berth. The Taigei-class attack submarine entered the water for the first time at… Continue reading "Second Taigei-class Attack Submarine JS Hakugei Launched"
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced on Tuesday, October 12 that the Project 636.3 Kilo class ‘Magadan’ diesel-electric attack submarine has entered service with the Russian Pacific Fleet. The announcement… Continue reading "Project 636.3 ‘Magadan’ Submarine Joins the Russian Navy"
The acceptance ceremony of the Kazan (K561), a 4th generation nuclear attack submarine of the Yasen-M project, to the Russian Navy was held today in Severodvinsk, at the SEVMASH initiative,… Continue reading "The Fourth Generation ‘Yasen-M’ Class Nuclear Submarine, Kazan, Joins The Russian Navy"
The Indonesian defense ministry has reported the discovery of an oil slick near the dive location of an Indonesian Navy submarine that has gone missing. The oil spill was discovered… Continue reading "Oil Slick Found Near Last Known Position Of Missing Indonesian Submarine"
Huntington Ingalls Industries announced the launch of the future Virginia-class attack submarine USS Montana (SSN-794) on Wednesday. The launch into the James River took place on 8 February, at HII’s… Continue reading "Future USS Montana Launched At Newport News Shipbuilding"
Japan’s Maritime Self Defense Force reports that one of its attack submarines, the JS Soryu, was involved in a collision with a civilian cargo ship today. In a press conference… Continue reading "BREAKING: Japanese Attack Submarine Soryu Involved In Collision With Cargo Ship"
Russia’s Akula class submarines will continue to make up a significant part of the Russian navy in the years to come. Several submarines in the class are undergoing modernization to extend their… Continue reading "Russia Expands Submarine Fleet With Modernized and New Submarines"