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This Is How the U.S. Navy's Submarine Force Dominates the World's Oceans ( Source- The National Interest / Author- Dave Majumdar)

Virginia Class USS North Dakota SSN ( Image credits- Wikimedia Commons / United States Navy) Source- The National Interest Author- Dave Majumdar Though Russia continues to develop and build newer and ever more capable nuclear attack submarines such as the Project 885M Yasen-class, the U.S. Navy continues to maintain its technological edge by incrementally improving its Virginia-class attack boats. “I think we have a very focused program called the acoustic superiority program to make sure that we in fact keep our technological lead—our acoustical advantage—and that's a focus of every one of our developmental programs,” Capt. Mike Stevens, Naval Sea Systems Command’s Virginia-class program manager told me at the Navy League’s Sea, Air and Space symposium on May 17. “It doesn't do any good to build submarines that aren’t up to par, so it’s a main part of our focus to make sure those submarine do maintain their acoustical advantage—not just today but 10, 20 years

Undersea Crisis: China Will Have Nearly Twice as Many Subs as the U.S. ( Source- The National Interest / Author- Dave Majumdar)

USS Annapolis ( Credits- Wikimedia Commons/ United States Navy) Source- The National Interest Author- Dave Majumdar The United States Navy needs more attack submarines to meet its global commitments. Worldwide, the service is only able to provide the Pentagon’s regional combatant commanders with less than two-thirds the number of submarines that they need. “The threats in the undersea environment continue to go up,” Vice Adm. Joseph Mulloy, the service’s deputy chief of naval operations for integration of capabilities and resources told the House Armed Services Committee’s seapower and projection forces subcommittee on February 25. The U.S. Navy—which has roughly 52 attack submarines—is on track to have 41 attack boats by 2029. The Chinese, meanwhile would have “at least 70, and they’re building,” Mulloy said. “You get back into the whole quality versus quantity issue, but at the same time the Russians are also building. . . and they build much higher-end submari

Why Was a US Submarine Just in the Philippines? ( Source- The Diplomat / Author- Prashanth Parameswaran)

USS Topeka, SSN-754  ( Image credits- Wikimedia Commons / United States Navy) Source- The Diplomat Author- Prashanth Parameswaran On Tuesday, the U.S. navy confirmed that a U.S. fast-attack submarine arrived at a Philippine naval base. According to the U.S. navy in a statement, the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Topeka (SSN 754) arrived at Subic Bay on January 12 as part of what was termed “its routine Indo Asia-Pacific deployment.” Topeka, which is around 300 feet long and weighs more than 6,000 tons, is capable of operating at depths greater than 800 feet at speeds up to 25 nautical miles per hour. Considered one of the world’s stealthiest submarines, it is capable of supporting various missions including anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface ship warfare, strike, surveillance and reconnaissance. The U.S. navy statement classified the USS Topeka’s trip as a port visit that offered an opportunity for both sides to foster valuable cultural exchang

Revealed: Russian-Built Kilo Submarine 'Kills' American Nuclear Sub ( Source- The National Interest / Author- Dave Majumdar)

INS Sindhughosh underway ( Image credits- Wikimedia Commons / United States Navy) Source- The National Interest Author- Dave Majumdar The Indian media is claiming that one of New Delhi’s Russian-built Kilo-class diesel-electric attack submarines managed to “sink” a nuclear-powered U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarine during exercises in October. The Indian submarine INS Sindhudhvaj (S56) allegedly “killed” USS City of Corpus Christi (SSN 705) during an exercise called Malabar that is held annually between India, Japan and the United States. According to the Indians, the submarines were assigned to track each other down in the Bay of Bengal. “The way it happens is that the Sindhudhvaj recorded the Hydrophonic Effect (HE) - simply put, underwater noise - of the nuclear powered submarine and managed to positively identify it before locking on to it. Being an exercise what did not happen was the firing,” an Indian naval officer told India Today. The Indian vessel