Submarines

Taiwan earmarks billions to build 7 more submarines in bid to deter possible PLA attacks

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Taiwan earmarks billions to build 7 more submarines in bid to deter possible PLA attacks

Cabinet spokesman Chen Shih-kai said the submarines would be built between 2025 and 2038 as part of the Indigenous Defence Submarine Programme. “The government is committed to maintaining peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region, continually enhancing national defence capabilities, and implementing policies such as indigenous vessel and aircraft production to build a resilient Taiwan … Read more

Ukraine claims sinking of Russia submarine in Sevastopol – POLITICO

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Ukraine claims sinking of Russia submarine in Sevastopol – POLITICO

The Ukrainian military said it launched a successful strike against a Russian submarine on Friday and damaged an S-400 air defense system in occupied Crimea. “In the port of Sevastopol, the submarine of the Russian Black Sea fleet ‘Rostov-on-Don’ was successfully attacked,” the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine wrote on Saturday in … Read more

When the British sent submarines to 1920s Hong Kong to wipe out South China coast pirates

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When the British sent submarines to 1920s Hong Kong to wipe out South China coast pirates

Perhaps, it thought, it was time to see what advantage subs could bring to a British colony on the other side of the globe with a pirate problem. A section of the Pearl River, in southern China, around the turn of the 20th century. Pirates in the region around this time would elude patrols by … Read more

Macron charms Brazil’s Lula with non-alignment pitch and submarines – POLITICO

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Macron charms Brazil’s Lula with non-alignment pitch and submarines – POLITICO

The Tonelero is the third of four conventionally-propelled submarines agreed in a $10 billion deal signed by former French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Lula in 2008. That pact also included building a nuclear-powered submarine, the Álvaro Alberto, which has seen delays and disagreements over the transfer of nuclear technology. Macron said he wanted to open … Read more

Taiwan at election crossroads as war threat looms – POLITICO

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Taiwan at election crossroads as war threat looms – POLITICO

This story was originally published in German by WELT, a sister publication of POLITICO in the Axel Springer Group. Nate Lin wants to be prepared for war.  On a Saturday morning in November, Lin, a 35-year-old Taiwanese man, practices how to apply a tourniquet to his right arm. In this fictive scenario, he’s been shot and … Read more

POLITICO Europe’s most-read stories of 2023 – POLITICO

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POLITICO Europe’s most-read stories of 2023 – POLITICO

Well, here we are folks, at the end of another turbulent year. When we put this list together at the end of 2022, its contents largely covered something many of us thought we would not see again in our lifetime: a major war in Europe. Now, we are grappling with two wars in our immediate … Read more