On June 18, 2023, the submersible Titan, who left to explore the wreckage of the Titanic in the depths of the ocean, no longer gave a sign of life. This very publicized underwater accident has never been fully elucidated, even if the trail of an implosion of the vehicle, following too large water pressure, is … Read more
The Royal Navy announced, by a message published on X, that its seventh submarine of the Astute class, currently under construction, would be baptized HMS Achilles (Achille), instead of HMS Agincourt (Azincourt), a choice validated in 2018 by Queen Elizabeth II. The decision, this time approved by King Charles III, was taken on the recommendation … Read more
Who has fun cutting our underwater cables? In recent months, several of these telecommunications and power supply tools have been damaged in the Baltic Sea. This Sunday, the Swedish Prime Minister announced that at least one underwater cable connecting Sweden and Latvia had been damaged. “This cable belongs to a Latvian entity. I was in … Read more
The future of military drones is not only taking shape in the air, but also on – and under – the seas. If there has been a lot of talk since the start of the war in Ukraine about drones used on both sides on the front, many autonomous devices have also been used to … Read more
He joined the Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission (CEA) in 1964. For nearly twenty years, Joseph Jaouen worked there as a nuclear weapons assembler. Hired on the L’Île Longue site, off the coast of Brest (Finistère), the Breton worked as a nuclear warhead installer in the pyrotechnic workshop of this classified defense location where … Read more
In response to the agreement given to the Ukrainians by the United States to use ATACMS missiles even on Russian territory, the Kremlin once again brandished the nuclear threat. And evolves its doctrine. The opportunity to ask Yannick Pincé, doctor in contemporary history, associate researcher at Ciens (Interdisciplinary Center on Strategic Issues), who defended a … Read more
Its “admission to active service” is planned for 2025. The General Directorate of Armaments (DGA) received the Tourvillethird of six Suffren-type nuclear attack submarines (SNA), produced as part of the new generation Barracuda program, the Ministry of the Armed Forces announced on Monday. The submarine was immediately transferred to the French Navy. These new buildings … Read more
Earlier this year, it was revealed that an unmanned submarine from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden disappeared under a sheet of ice after its expedition to an unexplored part of the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica. Scientists claim that this side of the glacier had never been studied, and was even compared to “the far … Read more