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The US Navy’s nuclear-powered aircraft carriers can be killed by diesel submarines — Australia proved it 26 years ago

Australia’s HMAS Waller, a Collins-class diesel-electric submarine, ‘notionally’ sank a U.S. Navy nuclear-powered aircraft ...
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‘Torpedo Hit’: A $4,500,000,000 Billion U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier Was ‘Sunk’ by An Old Dutch Diesel Submarine in 1999

During NATO Exercise JTFEX/TMDI 99 in 1999, the Dutch diesel-electric submarine HNLMS Walrus (S802) penetrated the layered ...
Breaking Defense

Australia kicks off $7.8 billion Collins-class submarine life extension

Australia will move ahead with plans to extend the lives of its Collins-class diesel electric submarines as an interim solution as it plans to transition to nuclear- ...
AOL

Diesel Engines Need Oxygen, So How Do Submarines Use Them Underwater?

Inside a diesel engine's cylinder, compressed air raises the temperature to ignite injected fuel, and the resulting force drives pistons to power the vehicle's main gears. Chief to this combustion ...
The National Interest

Diesel Submarines

A triad of SSGs, SSKs, and SSNs would comprise a forbidding implement of access denial for the US Navy in the Indo-Pacific. Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Navy’s reliance on expensive, complex ...