The Maritime Self-Defense Force submarine Soryu's failure to detect a cargo ship in time to avoid slamming into it while surfacing was likely due to the crew not checking a blind spot in its sonar ...

These diesel-electric attack submarines were originally introduced into... Key point: The combination of long-endurance stealth, sensors, and modern torpedoes and missiles makes the Soryu class an ...

Three crew members aboard the MSDF Soryu submarine suffered minor injuries and no injuries were reported aboard the other vessel, the Hong Kong-registered Ocean Artemis. The Japan Coast Guard ...

Japan had offered to build Australia a variant of its 4,000 tons Soryu submarine, a deal that would have cemented closer strategic and defense ties with two of Washington's key Asia-Pacific allies ...

U.S. submarines, prowling the far Pacific in ever ... the Nautilus polished off the crippled Soryu. But this was the first time a sub had been credited with a certain kill, unassisted by other ...