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K-535 Yuriy Dolgorukiy Borei-class ballistic missile submarine of the Project 955 in service with the Russian Navy.
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Russia’s Borei-class & Delta IV-class SSBNs to Deploy Burak-M EW Buoys

The Russian Navy will be protected against adversary antisubmarine aircraft and drones. Burak-M buoys will make a sea area impenetrable. Communications by all channels will be jammed or complicated to the maximum by the new system. It is intended for Borey-class SSBN of project 955 and Dolphin-class of project 667BDRM, as well as diesel-electric submarines, the Izvestia writes.

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Ohio-class SSBN USS Maine Tests 2nd Trident II D5LE Missile

The U.S. Navy conducted a scheduled one-missile test flight of an unarmed life-extended Trident II (D5LE) missile from USS Maine (SSBN-741), an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, on the Western Test Range off the coast of San Diego, California, on February 16, 2020.

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US completes W76-2 low-yield nuclear warhead First Production Unit
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W76-2 low-yield warhead deployed on US Navy SSBN submarines

The U.S. Department of Defense on Feb. 4 confirmed in a statement that U.S. Navy had fielded W76-2 low-yield submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) warhead, adding that this capability would strengthen deterrence and support U.S. commitment to extended deterrence.

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model of a ship hit by a simulated rogue wave
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DGA Hydrodynamics: inside the largest hydrodynamic test facility in Europe – Part 1

On October 11, the French Direction Générale de l’Armement (Directorate General of Armaments) organized a visit of its DGA Hydrodynamics centre in Val-de-Reuil, Normandy. A unique occasion to discover the astonishing facility that greatly contribute to the optimal dynamic performances and low acoustic signature of the French Navy surface ships and submarines.

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