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 ...

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 ...

The last two Soryu class subs are dispensing with the AIP systems they were designed to use and rely only on lithium-ion batteries to provide the underwater endurance similar to that provided by AIP.

8 while on a training exercise in waters south of Kochi Prefecture. Three crew members aboard the MSDF Soryu submarine suffered minor injuries and no injuries were reported aboard the other ...

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 ...

Summary and Key Points: Japan’s Soryu-class submarines, introduced in 2009, are a key component of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) as tensions rise in the South China Sea. -Equipped ...

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 ...