India’s first nuclear-powered submarine, INS Arihant, suffered significant damage in 2018 when a crew member left the rear hatch open, allowing seawater to flood the propulsion compartment.
China’s newest nuclear-powered submarine, the Zhou-class, reportedly sank near a Wuhan shipyard during construction, likely due to operator error, according to reports. -Satellite images revealed ...
which made repeated but futile attempts to hook onto the Kursk's submarine escape hatch. Only after a week of vain attempts did Moscow invite Norwegian divers to assist. They were able to open the ...
A growing consensus among Asia analysts in Washington posits that China is readying for a war with the U.S. over Taiwan by 2027.
They also learn the techniques they must employ if they have to escape from a submarine and ascend to the ocean surface inside a trainer known as the Pressurized Submarine Escape Trainer or PSET.
Eight submariners have been awarded the Medal of Honor while serving aboard submarines, but only one was an enlisted man. He ...
They clambered into Archerfish’s tiny forward escape hatch and dogged down the door, cutting themselves off from the rest of the submarine. Over UQC came the word: all set. Penguin’s skipper ...
Since 2000, at least 14 expedition crews have unsuccessfully tried to find the final resting place of the HMS Trooper, but the ill-fated World War II submarine ... Given that a hatch on the ...
Two divers sent down each succeeded in entering the battery room hatch and each brought up the body of a seaman. After the submarine had been at the bottom 113 hours (72 hours is supposed to be ...
October 13, 2024: The Persian Gulf nation of Qatar has ordered several M23 class miniature submarines from an Italian firm ... There is a special exit hatch for the commandos, who can leave the sub ...
They’re sometimes known as sun-dodgers: that group of men and women who spend long spells of time underwater on Navy submarines ... makes his way through a hatch on HMS Vigilant Credit: Jeff ...