Soviet Navy Claimed 400-Meter Dive Depth to Evade NATO Depth Charges
Navy crews in 1953 faced a phantom fleet they could not hit, a secret held for over six decades until the CIA released the file in June 2017.
By Constance Bell ·
Submarines
Navy Targets 100% Intercept Rate With AN/WLR-8
Attack submarines operate in a curated circuit of secrecy, scanning for missile pulses while the specific threats that drove hardware upgrades remain obscured.
By Marcus Boone ·
Navy commanders decide which Pacific submarines to scrap or modernize
Stealth and survival depended on engine repairs for the "Blue 11" submarine force, and disposition schedules determined whether strategic vessels were modernized or scrapped.
By Vera Kessler ·
Navy Lost $230 Million When Fire Destroyed Clandestine SEAL Submersible
Elite forces were left without a long-range, dry-interior submersible for over a decade after a prototype fire erased a $230 million investment in clandestine insertion.
By Desmond Okafor ·
US Navy spends $8.8 million to strip stealth from quiet submarines
Nuclear and diesel-electric submarines are hunted by a hidden grid of sea-floor hydrophones that strips away the anonymity of the abyss for national command authorities.
By Miriam Adler ·
Navy Spied in Hostile Waters for 45 Years Using Stealth Submarines
Hostile forces were watched in secret for 45 years through deep-sea trespassing to ensure military leaders could make proper judgements, decisions, and plans.
By Marcus Boone ·
Government pruned electronic ears designed to hunt littoral ships
Foreign vessels are tracked by their invisible radiation via the AN/ULR-21, a system meant to hunt in shallow waters before budget cuts pruned its reach in 1998.
By Marcus Boone ·