Five Good Reads - Submarine Edition

Secretary Winter is taking a tour of Fincantieri's shipyards in Muggiano (La Spezia) and Riva Trigoso (Genoa). Fincantieri recently purchased Manitowoc, which includes Marinette Marine, where LCS-1 was built. There is some speculation in the future we might build conventional submarines in the United States. If so, it will be for export, not for the US Navy. Invent something with better sustained power and more power than AIP, then we'll talk.

Have you seen this submarine on the Mississippi River?

More talking about Hezbollah's South American submarine force. We agree, sonar for the Coast Guard. The trends all point underwater, we need to be moving to counter this strategic shift.

We are now only $25 million savings away from reaching $2 billion per on the Virginia. Amazing what the industry can do when they set goals to improve a system and reduce cost. It is also amazing how successful the submarine industry is during a time of slow build rates. If only the rest of the shipbuilding industry was finding the same success.

Iran has announced for the umpteenth time they are building a new class of submarine. OK, whatever, another minelayer for the Straits, we get it. This is my question, can anyone name the submarine class shown in the picture caption of this report?