China picks its lowest-scoring officers to command nuclear submarines

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A Great Wall 236 submarine of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, billed by Chinese state media as a new type of conventional submarine, participates in a naval parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of China's PLA Navy in the sea near Qingdao in eastern China's Shandong province, Tuesday, April 23, 2019.
Future submarine commanders come from candidates who have low college entry exam scores.

Lawmakers are concerned the US isn't taking building the submarine force seriously enough as rival China expands its fleet

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The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Vermont (SSN 792) arrives at its new homeport of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, July 27, 2023.
The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Vermont (SSN 792) arrives at its new homeport of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, July 27, 2023.

US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chris Williamson

A Soviet attack submarine crashed into a US aircraft carrier 40 years ago during the Cold War. It was a bad day for the sub.

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Soviet Submarine And US Aircraft Carrier Collide
In this aerial image, a Soviet Union submarine is seen after colliding with U.S. Kitty Hawk on March 22, 1984 in at sea.

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Navy SEALs on snowmobiles raced across the frozen Arctic to link up with an attack sub that broke the ice during a special ops first

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SEALs and Norwegian Naval Special Operations Commandos retrieve an air dropped package from a C-130 Hercules assigned to the 109th Airlift Wing, part of the New York Air National Guard.

Chief Petty Officer Jeff Atherton

Photos show US Navy SEAL operations aboard hidden shelters on submarines

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Guided-missile submarine USS Florida
Guided-missile submarine USS Florida transits the Suez Canal en route to the Red Sea.

US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Elliot Schaudt

Video shows the moment a new Russian submarine test-fired an intercontinental-range 'Bulava' missile

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The nuclear-powered submarine Imperator Alexander III test-launching the Bulava ballistic missile.
The nuclear-powered submarine Imperator Alexander III test-launching the Bulava ballistic missile.

Russian Ministry of Defense

An Ohio-class submarine, possibly equipped with ballistic missiles, has arrived in the Mediterranean

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An Ohio-class Navy submarine surfaces out of the ocean off the coast of the Bahamas.
The USS Florida sails during "Giant Shadow," a Naval Sea Systems Command/Naval Submarine Forces exercise to test the capabilities of the Navy's future guided missile submarines off the coast of the Bahamas.

David Nagle/U.S. Navy/Getty Images

Photos show the recently discovered wreck of a World War II-era submarine more than 80 years after a German sub sank it

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Close-up of HMS Thistle submarine wreck
Researchers discovered the remains of the HMS Thistle off the coast of Norway earlier this year.

Courtesy of the Institute for Marine Research

Move over jet skis: The new onboard gadget the ultra-rich seek for their superyachts are submersibles.

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The Aurora-80 model
SEAmagine's submersible vessel, the Aurora-80. The company offers submersibles to wealthy clients looking to accessorize their yacht.

SEAmagine

Australia's new submarines are still 2 decades away from delivery, but the Aussies are already looking out for spies

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Australian navy submarine HMAS Waller in Pearl Harbor in June 2008.

US Navy/MCS1 Michael R. McCormick

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