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Jan- 2021 -

22 January

The new Royal Navy autonomous minesweeper

UK Orders Three Autonomous Minesweepers for Royal Navy

The Royal British Navy has ordered three autonomous minesweepers capable of tracking down modern digital mines that remain undetected by traditional mine hunting methods.

20 January

In this 2019 handout video grab released by Russian Defence Ministry, tests of Russia's Poseidon nuclear-powered underwater drone are shown at an undisclosed location, Russia

Inder Singh Bisht

Russia to Ready Coastal Base for Underwater Nuclear Drones by 2022

Russia is constructing a coastal base at an undisclosed location for its Poseidon unmanned underwater “doomsday nuke” drone.

15 January

Tong Ong

South Korea Tests Homegrown SLBM as North Korea Parades Its Own

South Korea has recently completed a test launch of its homegrown submarine-launched ballistic missile, according to local media.

15 January

North Korean Leader Kim Jong-Un (Photo: AFP)

Staff Writer With AFP

N. Korea Shows off Submarine-Launched Missile at Parade: KCNA

North Korea displayed a submarine-launched ballistic missile at a military parade, in a show of strength days before Joe Biden's inauguration as US president.

14 January

Inder Singh Bisht

US Navy to Deploy Laser-Based HELIOS System This Year

The US Navy will test HELIOS, a weapon system that utilizes high-energy fiber lasers, for permanent vessel deployment early this year.

5 January

Staff Writer

Indian Navy to Buy 10 Shipborne Drones to Boost Surveillance

The Indian government has cleared a proposal to buy 10 shipborne unarmed drones for the country's navy.

5 January

Photo of an ocean glider unmanned underwater vehicle

Bea Castañeda

Indonesian Fisherman Reels in Alleged Chinese Underwater Drone

An Indonesian fisherman working near the Selayar Islands found what appeared to be a Chinese underwater drone.

Dec- 2020 -

22 December

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) transits through South China Sea while conducting routine underway operations.

Staff Writer With AFP

USS John S. McCain Sails by China-Claimed Spratly Islands

Guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain sailed through waters off the contested Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, in the latest challenge to Beijing's territorial claims in the region.

22 December

The Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Georgia (SSGN 729) transits with the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal (CG 73) and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58), not shown, in the Strait of Hormuz, December 21, 2020

Staff Writer With AFP

US Nuclear Submarine Crosses Strait of Hormuz in Show of Force to Iran

The USS Georgia, a nuclear submarine capable of carrying 154 Tomahawk cruise missiles and 66 special forces soldiers, crossed the Strait of Hormuz in a new show of force directed at Iran.

18 December