drones, submarine warfare, submarines

How Drone Submarines Are Turning the Seabed Into a Future Battlefield

A 12-ton fishing boat weighs anchor three kilometers off the port of Adelaide. A small crew huddles over a miniature submarine, activates the controls, primes the explosives, and releases it into the water. The underwater drone uses sensors and sonar to navigate towards its pre-programmed target: the single, narrow port channel responsible for the state’s ...

Troy Oakes

Illustration of an underwater drone operating near the seabed.

Submarines: Taiwan Military’s Achilles Heel

A war with China seems inevitable for Taiwan at some point given that President Xi Jinping has indicated that he would use military force to annex the island nation if needed. Submarines will be an important weapon in such a war. While Taiwan has a respectable military, it dwarfs in comparison to the Chinese. But ...

Max Lu

A submarine plowing through the water.