DefenceTalkAt the recent 2013 Four Northeastern Provinces Cooperation Leaders’ Conference held in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, Tan Zuojun, vice governor of Liaoning Province and former general manager of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, revealed that development of China’s fourth-generation nuclear submarines and other high-tech weapons and items of equipment in the Northeastern Provinces of China had been […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-completes-development-of-new-ssn-49153/

DefenceTalkIndia announced Saturday that its first indigenously-built nuclear submarine is ready for sea trials, a step before it becomes fully operational, and called it a “giant stride” for the nation. India unveiled the 6,000-ton INS Arihant — Destroyer of Enemies — in 2009 as part of a project to built five such vessels which would […]https://www.defencetalk.com/first-indian-nuclear-submarine-set-for-open-sea-trials-48717/

DefenceTalkRussia’s Project 885 Yasen-class attack submarine, the Severodvinsk, has embarked on its latest series of official tests in the White Sea, the manufacturer said Monday. Sevmash shipyard spokeswoman Yekaterina Pilikina said the tests had started several days ago, without providing details on their time frame or scope. The shipyard had earlier said the submarine would […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russias-new-nuclear-sub-in-sea-trials-48027/

DefenceTalkPrime Minister David Cameron on Thursday warned that Britain would be left defenceless against the “highly unpredictable and aggressive” North Korean regime if it wound down its Trident nuclear deterrent programme. Writing in the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Cameron said the recent actions of North Korea coupled with concerns over Iran’s nuclear programme meant it would […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-highlights-british-need-for-nuclear-deterrent-pm-47373/

DefenceTalkBrazil is set to join the select group of countries that have nuclear-powered submarines, President Dilma Rousseff said Friday. Rousseff stressed Brazil was committed to peace but also needed its defense deterrent, as she inaugurated a naval shipyard in Rio de Janeiro state where the country’s first nuclear-powered sub is set to be built in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/brazil-to-get-its-first-nuclear-subs-47022/