https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-05/france-s-naval-group-set-to-win-2-5-billion-submarine-deal
Color me surprised, I thought that the Saab-Damen consortium had it in the bag. Who would've thought that KM will be the first operator of Shortfin Barracuda? That of couse is if this...
cold war ii
damen schelde naval shipbuilding
france
kingdom of the netherlands
naval group
orka-class
royal netherlands navy
saab kockums ab
ssk
submarine
thyssenkrupp marine systems
tkms
NAVAL FORCES 1985 had a special supplement about Thyssen Nordseewerke including this depiction of the 'Thyssen Submarine Family' (image source)
Of the submarines shown, only MSV 130 and TR 1000 are unbuilt projects. The supplement has articles on both of these, but i can only find it for sale in...
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/09/saab-receives-orders-from-sweden-for-submarine-upgrades/
HSwMS Östergötland isn't mentioned in the article, but presumably it will receive the same upgrade as HSwMS Södermanland in due course.
2020s
cold war ii
fmv
kingdom of sweden
royal swedish navy
saab
saab kockums ab
ssk
swedish defence materiel administration
upgraded västergötland-class submarine
A friend of mine has asked me to check out a rumour that HMS Cockade sank a suspected Soviet sub while serving with a US force in the Korean War. He thinks the papers are embargoed until at least 2050.
1983, rather than 1982 is a key date for decisions for the RN and UK defence as a whole, in the light of the Falklands and it's effect not just on defence thinking but on the UK populace's attitude to their country. As surely as it was to the political establishment.
But in terms of changes a...
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1990s
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anti-submarine warfare
anti-surface warfare
area air defence
cold war
cruiser
fleet air arm
great britain
north atlantic treaty organisation
nuclear powered vessels
royal navy
ssk
supersonic
v/stol aircraft
vstol carriers
vtol
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