Key Points - Japan's Taigei-class ("Big Whale") diesel-electric attack submarines, with four completed by 2025 including the recently commissioned JS Raigei, represent a significant leap in ...

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) has commissioned the fifth of its Taigei-class diesel-electric attack ...

While it’s been almost a century since the last kill by an American submarine, other navies have done so more recently.

Key Points and Summary - Japan's Sōryū-class diesel-electric attack submarines are some of the most advanced and stealthy non-nuclear subs in the world. -Named after mythical dragons, these boats are ...

The fifth of a planned eight Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) attack submarines was launched last Friday at a ceremony at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ Kobe Shipyard. The future JS Chogei – ...

The Japanese Navy included five Type A midget submarines in the Pearl Harbor raid of 7 December 1941. Transported on board large I type submarines, the midgets were launched near the entrance to Pearl ...

TOKYO — Japan’s military said it dispatched a surveillance plane and a navy ship Tuesday after spotting a Russian submarine off the coast of a southwestern island near Taiwan. The Russian Kilo-class ...