The Diplomat

What We Know About China’s Secretive Nuclear Submarine Fleet

With the 09IIIB class and future 09V class, China’s development of nuclear-powered (and nuclear capable) submarines is at an ...

Submarine maker TKMS hits record $22 billion order backlog, raises sales outlook

German submarine maker TKMS reported a $22 billion order backlog - a new record - and raised its 2026 sales outlook on ...
UPI

Taiwan's first submarine completes initial submerged sea trial

Jan. 30 (Asia Today) --Taiwan's first domestically built conventional submarine completed its first submerged sea trial Thursday, a milestone for an eight-boat program aimed at strengthening ...
Jane's Information Group

Taiwan's first indigenous submarine completes maiden underwater trials

Taiwan's first indigenous submarine seen here during its sea trials in January 2026. (CSBC) Taiwan's first domestically built submarine, Hai Kun, has completed its first underwater trials. CSBC ...
Jane's Information Group

DIMDEX 2026: Both M23's C- and T-series mini-submarines operationally deployed

A 1:5 scale model of M23's C-Series mini-submarine, usually 22 m long, displayed at DIMDEX in January 2026. (Janes/Tom Barton) Italian submarine-maker M23 revealed details of two mini-submarine types ...
The National Interest

Can the US Save Its Construction Timeline for the Columbia-Class Submarine?

The Columbia-class submarine outstrips its predecessor, the Ohio class, in many ways—but falls short in one conspicuous one. America’s naval shipyards are a mess—and have been for many years. US ...
The National Interest

After Months of Deployment, the USS Annapolis Returns Home

The USS Annapolis fast-attack submarine operates out of Guam in the Indo-Pacific—and would be America’s first line of defense if a major conflict erupted there. In late December, the USS Annapolis, a ...
Wall Street Journal

China’s Push to Master the Arctic Opens an Alarming Shortcut to U.S.

Chinese research submarines for the first time traveled thousands of feet beneath the Arctic ice this summer, a technical feat with chilling military and commercial implications for America and its ...
CNN

North Korea reveals new images of its first ‘nuclear-powered’ submarine

North Korea on Thursday released new images of what it claims is its first nuclear-powered submarine, a massive vessel equal in size to some of the United States Navy’s attack subs. The pictures ...
CNBC

Hanwha's Philly Shipyard can build nuclear submarine for U.S. Navy, executive says

Hanwha's Philly Shipyard has the capability of building a nuclear-powered submarine for the U.S. Navy, said Alex Wong, global chief strategy officer at Hanwha Group, according to a statement from the ...
The New York Times

North Korea Unveils the Completed Hull of What It Calls a Nuclear Submarine

The debut followed the North’s first test of a new surface-to-air missile and the arrival of a U.S. nuclear-powered attack sub for a port call in South Korea. By Choe Sang-Hun Reporting from Seoul The ...
CNBC

North Korea's Kim Jong Un views submarine construction, oversees missile launch, KCNA says

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed construction of a submarine with his daughter, a potential heir, and oversaw the test-firing of long-range surface-to-air missiles, state media reported on ...