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US Postpones Anti-Submarine Exercise with South Korea

» by September 4th, 2010 at 10:09 pm » Comments (4)

The long awaited anti-submarine drill between the US and South Korea has been put to a hold due to yet another typhoon that could be bearing down on the Korean ...more »

Why Didn’t the Anti-Submarine Exercise Detect the North Korean Submarine?

» by June 6th, 2010 at 5:02 am » Comments (5)

I don't know enough about what a Navy anti-submarine exercise is to determine if this had any relevance: The night a torpedo-armed North Korean submarine allegedly sank a South Korean ...more »

Pentagon Announces Joint Anti-Submarine Exercise With South Korea

» by May 30th, 2010 at 6:38 pm » Comments (22)

This seems more like a political show of creating the appearance of doing something in response to the Cheonan sinking: The U.S. and South Korea are planning two major military ...more »

Korea Selects German U-214 Submarine Design

» by January 10th, 2010 at 5:09 am » Comments (0)

Korea has announced its latest expansion of its naval assets: The German Type 214 was selected by Korea over the French/Spanish Scorpene Class that has been ordered by Chile, ...more »

Korea Develops Anti-Submarine Missile

» by June 23rd, 2009 at 11:05 am » Comments (6)

This seems pretty cool: South Korea has succeeded in developing a guided missile that is fired into the air before releasing a torpedo against a submarine underwater, the Agency for Defense ...more »

New Chinese Submarine Base Source of Conflict

» by March 27th, 2009 at 1:00 am » Comments (4)

Well we now know why the Chinese Navy recently confronted a US Navy vessel conducting sonar surveillance in the area: The Chinese navy has a new submarine base on Hainan Island, ...more »

Guinness Book Recognizes Korean Submarine Operators

» by October 29th, 2008 at 5:50 am » Comments (1)

They really do have everything in the Guinness Book of World Records: A Korean submarine operator has broken the record for the longest accident-free operation and made the Guinness Book of ...more »

South Korean Navy Unveils the Son Won-il Submarine

» by October 22nd, 2008 at 7:09 am » Comments (2)

Another line of defense to sink any Japanese research vessels thinking of invading Dokdo: Lawmakers of the National Assembly Defense Committee aboard the next-generation Korean submarine “Son Won-il” at the ...more »

Interview with Spy Sub Incident Survivor

» by November 13th, 2005 at 8:53 am » Comments (3)

For those who don't know yet the Marmot has moved back to his old site and I have since updated my links, but anyway he has a post that links ...more »

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