Japan now operates five cutting-edge Taigei-class submarines, in addition to its 12 Soryu-class and 6 Oyashio-class vessels.

Dec. 18 (Asia Today) --Nuclear-powered submarines should be viewed as an industrial, technology and energy strategy before they are treated as a defense procurement project, Hanyang University public ...

Key Points and Summary - During the Cold War, the Soviet Union chased exotic undersea performance with titanium-hulled submarines like the Alfa and Mike classes—boats that could dive deeper and sprint ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. North Korea on Thursday released new state media images that suggest major progress on a nuclear-powered submarine program, a ...

A model of a 09IIIB submarine posted to Chinese social media. It does not appear to be an official model, but much of it correlates with other indicators and may be grossly representative of the real ...

JS Sogei, the sixth Taigei-class submarine, entered the water in a ceremony held at KHI’s shipyard in Kobe City, Japan, Oct. 14, 2025. The Taigei class are Japan’s newest diesel-electric submarines.

U.S. nuclear submarine technology is widely regarded as some of the most sensitive and highly guarded technology the military possesses. Trump’s announcement comes ahead of his meeting with Chinese ...