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Journalists were granted rare access to one of France’s Rubis-class nuclear-powered submarines as it was being readied for sea in the naval dockyards in Toulon. The French navy’s fleet of nuclear-powered subs are generally shrouded in secrecy. This submarine is one of three Rubis-class attack submarines in the French navy and carries a crew of 70. It’s powered by a nuclear reactor so can patrol the ocean for months at a time without refuelling. The Rubis can carry anti-submarine and anti-ship torpedoes and anti-ship missiles. One of its roles is to protect the fleet of larger nuclear-armed sub...
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French President Emmanuel Macron and Brazilian Lula da Silva will launch a diesel-powered submarine built in Brazil with French technology at the Itaguai shipyard outside Rio de Janeiro. This is the third submarine delivered by Paris to Brasilia. It is part of a Prosub program launched by former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and Da Silva in 2008. Macron is the first French president to visit Brazil in 11 years. The officials are meeting this week to revive the relationship between the countries after years of frictions with former President Jair Bolsonaro. Macron and Da Silva also announced...
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A recent Royal Navy test of the missile that carries Britain's nuclear deterrent failed within seconds, it has emerged, raising new questions about the deterrent's viability at a time of elevated nuclear tensions. First revealed by the Sun newspaper, the US-manufactured Trident missile was launched from the submarine HMS Vanguard off the east coast of the US. However, instead of flying the planned thousands of miles before coming down in the southern Atlantic Ocean, it crashed into the sea near the launch site. It is the second failed Trident test in a row. The last was in 2016, when another m...
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Washington (AFP) - A US Navy nuclear submarine that was severely damaged in an accident while submerged in the disputed South China Sea last month struck an uncharted underwater mountain, the Navy said Monday. The US Navy regularly conducts operations in the South China Sea to challenge China's disputed territorial claims on small islands, reefs and outcrops, to the irritation of Beijing. The 7th Fleet, which operates in the western Pacific, said an investigation had concluded that the USS Connecticut smashed into a geological formation and not another vessel on October 2. "The investigation ...
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Washington (AFP) - An American nuclear-powered submarine that was damaged in a collision with an object in the South China Sea arrived Friday in Guam with 11 injured aboard, a US official said. The US Navy revealed on Thursday that the USS Connecticut, a Seawolf class fast-attack submarine, had "struck an object while submerged" on October 2 in international waters in the Indo-Pacific region. The US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, declined to give the precise location where the incident occurred but said it happened in the South China Sea. Eleven sailors were injured including tw...
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Taipei (AFP) - The United States has issued an export permit for a digital sonar system critical to Taiwan's indigenous submarine project, a top defence official said Wednesday. Taipei was notified by Washington on Tuesday that the permit has been granted, vice defence minister Chang Che-ping said during a parliament session. The digital sonar system and an integrated combat system are two key components Taiwan needs to build its own modern submarines. Chang did not elaborate on the status of the combat system. Taiwan began construction on a fleet of indigenous submarines last month, the lates...
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