Tag: submarine

Russia unveils new Argus underwater drone
| The Autonomous Underwater Vehicle concept can operate in swarms to map the seabed and monitor undersea infrastructure like oil and gas pipelines

Depiction of the Argus Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) concept | Source: Rubin Design Bureau

Russia’s Rubin Design Bureau has developed the multi-mission, unmanned submersible for surveys, mapping, search and salvage operations, monitoring and sentry duties, with potentially indefinite endurance capabilities and expandable or customisable payloads depending on mission requirements.

Q&A: Navy’s top submariner explains

StratPost recently had the opportunity to pose some questions to the senior-most submariner in the Indian Navy, Vice Admiral Srikant, Inspector General Nuclear Submarines (IGNS), about the state and future of the submarine arm, on the occasion of its golden jubilee.

Indian Navy should heed San Juan tragedy siren

Former naval aviator Captain K.P. Sanjeev Kumar examines the San Juan tragedy, pointing out that after half a century of operating submarines, India still does not have organic submarine rescue capability and asks why navies such as ours invest in submarines without closing the loop on submarine rescue.

The Trouble with Chapter 7

The insertion of a ‘nationalisation clause’ in the strategic partnerships policy has left defence companies scratching their heads wondering how they can offer cutting edge technologies.