For most of the submarines' military history, launching a missile of any kind was out of the question. Subs were primarily used throughout much of the 20th century as covert anti-ship vessels capable ...

Spotter planes can no longer directly see enemy submarines. Today, their mission is overwhelmingly acoustic—listening to signals from submarines and narrowing down their likely position before taking ...

L. David Marquet is a former US Navy Captain and author who served in the submarine force for nearly three decades. Marquet graduated from the US Naval Academy at the top of his class in 1981, during ...

Submarines are hard to find. They exploit ocean depth, acoustic complexity, and thermal layers to maintain low observability and high survivability. Diesel-electric submarines are especially quiet at ...