Here’s What You Need to Remember: As potent as the class is, expect a replacement class that builds upon this hunter-killer within the next decade. Japan is exploring unmanned underwater vehicles, and ...

Key Points and Summary - Japan's Sōryū-class submarines are among the world's most advanced conventional boats. -The 12-ship class, built from 2005-2021, pioneered new technology. -The first ten boats ...

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) commissioned its 10th Soryu-class diesel-electric attack submarine (SSK) on 18 March in a ceremony held in Hyogo Prefecture in west-central Japan. Named ...

Key Points - Japan's Sōryū-class diesel-electric attack submarines, commissioned from 2009, form the current backbone of the JMSDF's undersea fleet, succeeding the Oyashio-class. -These highly capable ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The Sōryū-class is also the first class of Japanese submarines that uses air-independent propulsion technology. Though the class is diesel-electric, some of the subs ...

Three personnel onboard a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Soryu-class diesel-electric submarine (SSK) were injured after the boat collided with a commercial vessel in waters off Southern ...

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) delivered the "Jinryu" submarine to the Japanese Ministry of Defense (MOD) today in a ceremony held at the MHI Kobe Shipyard & Machinery Works' No.3 pier in ...