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submarines

noun

plural of submarine

as in torpedoes

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Recent Examples of submarines That makes Portsmouth’s experience with North Dakota particularly relevant as additional Block III submarines move through the fleet’s maintenance cycle. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2026 Russia is developing a heavy ICBM and a new warhead while planning upgrades to its submarines and bombers. — Jeffrey Lewis, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2026 To further strengthen its counterstrike capability, the ministry is seeking to develop hypersonic missiles that can be launched from submarines. — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026 Drug cartels, in the meantime, have adjusted to the threat to vessels on the water, increasingly ferrying narcotics via unmanned semisubmersibles -- drone submarines that navigate autonomously -- a former intelligence official told ABC News. — Laura Romero, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026 The military is using tiny reactors in aircraft carriers and submarines, and has been for years. — Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026 Earlier this summer, after a bidding war, Canada opted to buy twelve new submarines from a German arms company rather than from a South Korean competitor. — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2026 The group also includes the head of human resources for Electric Boat, which has in recent years been hiring thousands of workers in southeastern Connecticut as the shipyard builds the latest class of submarines. — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026

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Missiles and drones launched from corvettes can disable ships by hitting them above the surface, and torpedoes launched from submarines can sink them.

— HOLMES LIAO, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2026
According to Congressional Research Service data, the submarine can carry about 37 torpedo-sized weapons, including Tomahawk missiles and Mk 48 torpedoes, although the exact weapons carried during the deployment remain classified.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2026

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There’s no better way to add a jolt of prestige to an aspiring Oscar vehicle than the sight of its stars, bedecked in all their finery, arriving on the Lido by water taxi in the manner of conquering heroes.

— Nate Jones, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026
Stories based in this more complex reality of access are not always heroes’ journeys, marked with clear protagonists and moments of self-realization.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026

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