attack submarine


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a military submarine designed and armed to attack enemy shipping

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Robert Osborne will take his position as the new executive officer on board the secret attack submarine.
Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Bremerton, the oldest commissioned submarine in the US Navy, is currently deployed to the Indo-Pacific region.
Following upon the recently launched Type 093 nuclear-powered cruise-missile attack submarine (SSGN), the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched its first Type 094 nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submarine (SSBN) in late July 2004 at Huludao Shipyard, and at press time, the boat was undergoing sea tests.
BAE Systems said it was evaluating offers for the naval division, which is prime contractor for the Royal Navy's two new aircraft carriers, as well as Type 45 destroyers and the Astute nuclear-powered attack submarine.
For people who watched, it will be hard to forget that Greeneville, above, is a Los Angeles-class attack submarine or that George Washington was the president who ordered the creation of the Purple Heart.
This audiobook of the discovery of the Hunley, the first attack submarine, should also be a welcome addition to any Civil War library collection.
nuclear attack submarine Greeneville as the submarine was performing a rapid-surfacing drill for the benefit of civilian guests.
But he hadn't bargained on snaring a 108-metre nuclear-powered attack submarine toting sea-launched cruise missiles and displacing 6,000 tons of ocean.
Andolong said the Philippine Navy could acquire an attack submarine, fast attack submarine, ballistic missile submarine or Boomers, and guided missile submarine.
A US Los Angeles class attack submarine docked at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone on Thursday for a routine port visit.
The first Scorpene-class submarine INS Kalvari, a diesel-electric attack submarine was commissioned into the Indian Navy on December 14, 2017, by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
INS Kalvari, which is the first of six Scorpene-class submarines, is a diesel-electric attack submarine that has been built for the Indian Navy by the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited.
Locked in this battle were two prowlers, the INS Sindhudhvaj ( S56), a Sovietdesigned EKM class of conventional submarine, and the USS City of Corpus Christi ( SSN705), a nuclearpowered attack submarine that functions like a fighter plane -- scrambles and destroys enemy submarines and ships.
Navy on Saturday christened its newest attack submarine, a $2.6 billion vessel named North Dakota that can launch cruise missiles and deliver special forces commandos.
Artful, a 7,400-tonne, 97-metrelong attack submarine, was officially named in front of thousands of guests in an event to mark the end of its build process at the Devonshire Dock Hall in Barrow-in-Furness.