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- Russian scientists begin trial exploration of world's deepest lake
- MOSCOW AFP — Russian scientists leading a submarine expedition to probe the world's deepest lake on Thursday carried out test dives ahead of the start of the operation next week, reports said. The trial runs at Lake Baikal lasted two hours with two submarines diving to a depth of...
- Research articles 2008-07-24
- Nuclear sub crashes after 'tracing paper blunder'
- LONDON AFP — A British nuclear submarine crashed into the seabed after tracing paper was used to help plot its course during a training exercise, obscuring vital symbols from student commanders, reports said Friday. The hunter-killer sub HMS Trafalgar needed five million pounds' worth of repairs after the incident,...
- Research articles 2008-05-23
- Sunken ships reveal clues to Australian WWII mysteries
- SYDNEY AFP — The haunting discovery of the watery graves of long lost Australian, German and Japanese sailors has uncovered vital clues to two World War II mysteries. The 66-year-old secrets of two of Australia's strangest wartime naval encounters have been at least partially revealed through the location of...
- Research articles 2008-04-19
- Unmanned Minespotter Passes a Key Test
- About a year after the program was restarted, the Boeing Co. says it has demonstrated that its experimental unmanned underwater reconnaissance vehicle can be sent out and retrieved by a submerged, moving submarine. The unmanned craft was released at sea through one of the torpedo tubes from a U.S. Navy...
- Research articles 2008-01-01
- Thai king calls for unity in run-up to elections
- BANGKOK AFP — Thailand's revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej on Tuesday called for national unity as the country heads into an election meant to restore democracy after a military coup last year. The king, who turns 80 Wednesday, also threw his support behind a multi-billion-dollar spending spree to buy new...
- Research articles 2007-12-04
- Sub text.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
- To the Editor: I hadn't given a lot of thought about how deadly dull it must be to write and edit a tech magazine. Just facts, numbers, specs, new words that make no sense ... you understand. Never a hint of Paris Hilton or equal. So sad....
- Research articles 2007-11-01
- US quits Sardinia nuclear submarine base leaving skeleton staff
- ROME AFP — The US Navy has all but ended its presence at a nuclear submarine base in Sardinia with the departure of support vessel USS Emory Land with 1,500 sailors aboard, press reports said Sunday. Some 400 sailors will remain at La Maddalena naval base until the end...
- Research articles 2007-09-30
- Lula resumes nuclear program to make Brazil 'world power'
- SAO PAULO AFP — President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday relaunched the country's nuclear program, promising to complete a nuclear submarine and a third atomic power plant both mothballed 20 years ago. "Brazil could rank among those few nations in the world with a command of uranium...
- Research articles 2007-07-10
- Three plead guilty to leaking US submarine secrets to China
- LOS ANGELES, United States AFP — Three suspects pleaded guilty to trying to send China sensitive defense information on submarine technology, US federal prosecutors said Monday. The three are relatives of a US engineer of Chinese origin, Chi Mak, 66, who worked for a US Navy contractor that develops...
- Research articles 2007-06-04
- British sub accident caused by oxygen-creating device: US
- LONDON AFP — Britain's Royal Navy is investigating Thursday how an air-purification system malfunctioned and killed two sailors on one of its nuclear submarine during war games in the Arctic with the US Navy. The accident, which also injured one crewman, occurred while the HMS Tireless, a hunter-killer submarine...
- Research articles 2007-03-22
- British submarine accident caused by oxygen-creating device: US
- LONDON AFP — An accident on board a British nuclear submarine that killed two crew members and injured a third was caused by the explosion of an emergency oxygen-creating device, US military officials said on Thursday. The accident occurred while HMS Tireless, a hunter-killer submarine which does not carry...
- Research articles 2007-03-21
- Blair wins nuclear vote despite revolt
- LONDON AFP — Prime Minister Tony Blair won backing for plans to renew Britain's nuclear deterrent Wednesday, but only after an embarrassing revolt from within his own Labour ranks. After a sometimes rowdy debate and the resignation of two more junior government ministers, lawmakers voted by 409 in favour...
- Research articles 2007-03-14
- Unmanned Mine Spotter
- The U.S. Navy has signed The Boeing Co. to begin another round of tests of a defensive reconnaissance system that involves an autonomous underwater craft. Boeing has a new $11 million contract with U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command to refurbish and launch new tests of the technology, the AN/BLQ-11 Long-Term...
- Research articles 2007-03-01
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- For aiding 9/11 hijackers, he gets the max - 15 years A Moroccan man convicted of aiding three of the four suicide pilots who committed the Sept. 11 attacks was sentenced yesterday to the maximum of 15 years in prison. A German federal appeals court convicted Mounir el Motassadeq in...
- Research articles 2007-01-09
- US nuclear sub collides with Japanese oil tanker
- WASHINGTON AFP — A US Navy nuclear-powered submarine collided with a Japanese oil tanker in one of the world's busiest seaways but no injuries were immediately reported. The USS Newport News was underwater when it hit the oil tanker Mogamigawa late Monday in the Strait of Hormuz in the Arabian...
- Research articles 2007-01-08
- SUBMARINES
- GUIDED-MISSILE SUBMARINES SSGN BRIEFING: The conversion of four Ohio-class SSBNs to nuclearpowered guided-missile submarines SSGNs for strike warfare and special operations was authorized in December 2002. Each SSGN will be able to hold up to 154 Tomahawk land-attack cruise missiles. Most of the missile tubes will be able to hold...
- Research articles 2007-01-01
- Two US submariners die in Britain after being hit by wave
- LONDON AFP — Two crew members from a United States submarine died after being hit by a wave while they were standing on the hull of their vessel as it left port, police said. The two were among four personnel from the USS Minneapolis-St Paul rescued from Plymouth Sound, Devon,...
- Research articles 2006-12-29
- Blair unveils plans to keep nuclear arsenal, cut warheads
- LONDON AFP — Prime Minister Tony Blair unveiled plans to modernise Britain's nuclear deterrent, cutting the number of warheads but warning that disarming would be dangerous as new terrorist threats emerge. While the Cold War is over, he said states like North Korea and Iran both had "highly dubious" reasons...
- Research articles 2006-12-04
- Wartime mystery of Japanese submarine solved: experts
- SYDNEY AFP — A mystery over a Japanese midget submarine that went missing after a deadly attack on a ship in Sydney Harbour during World War II has likely been solved, experts have said. A television channel reported that a group of scuba divers had found the vessel, probably containing...
- Research articles 2006-11-27
- Chinese sub approached US aircraft carrier undetected
- WASHINGTON AFP — A Chinese submarine came within a few miles kilometers of a US aircraft carrier in international waters near Okinawa last month without being detected, a Pentagon spokesman confirmed. Spokesman Bryan Whitman played down the security breach, saying he did not believe the Chinese Song-class submarine was considered...
- Research articles 2006-11-14
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