Tag: Soryu class
Japan launches fifth Taigei-class diesel-electric submarine
Japanese defence prime Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has launched the fifth of eight Taigei-class diesel-electric submarines ordered for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF)...
Japan grows next-generation submarine fleet
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) has commissioned its third Taigei-class diesel-electric submarine on 8 March, JS Jingei (SS 515), the service announced on...
Japanese submarine collides with commercial ship
A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Soryu-class diesel-electric submarine (SSK) collided with a commercial ship whilst surfacing in waters off southwestern Japan on 8...
Searching for Submarines
For years, Taiwan has talked about new conventional hunter-killer submarines (SSKs). The country's navy currently operates four aged submarines; two Second World War vintage...
