submarine
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On the day the Fiji-Australia defense treaty was signed in July, China test-launched a long-range ballistic missile from a nuclear submarine into waters in the South Pacific.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
And last year, Seoul announced an agreement with Washington to build nuclear-powered submarines, with Pyongyang slamming the submarine programme as a "dangerous attempt at confrontation".
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
A German submarine that went missing during World War Two after being damaged by the Royal Navy has been discovered 82 years on.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
Anduril earlier this month won a $2.9 billion US Navy contract to build components for the US Navy's Virginia-class submarine and said it will build a new submarine shipyard in the US.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
Some German military leaders feared that unrestricted submarine warfare would bring the United States into the war, thus guaranteeing Germany’s defeat.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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After clocking 200 days and 50,000 nautical miles at sea, it set out in January to practice hunting submarines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
On the defence budget, the government wants to see an increase of around eight percent from this year to 73.3 trillion won, aiming to secure nuclear-powered submarines and KF-21 fighter jets.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
In April, the government accused Russian submarines of conducting a covert operation over cables and pipelines in waters north of the UK.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
China is focused on developing undersea sensors, weapons and autonomous vehicles to counter US submarines, the US Navy's intelligence director told a US government committee in May.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
In one highly coordinated operation, the United States would launch weapons from bombers, submarines, and missile bases in America and Western Europe.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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The historical odds will be against the Nets, who have been submarined by Durant’s January knee sprain, Harden’s February departure and Irving’s part-time availability because of his unvaccinated status.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2022
Theoretically, those Sunday figures could be submarined by a handful of meaningless rounds where Finau was never in the tournament mix.
From Golf Digest ● Feb. 3, 2020
Watt submarined under Havenstein and sacked Goff for an eight-yard loss on a second-and-nine play late in the second quarter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2019
You can imagine my disappointment when the performance was submarined by a microphone mishap, one that introduced unexpected, tinny plonks to the mix and seemingly pushed the British star out of tune.
From The Verge ● Feb. 16, 2016
Some ten or eleven penny steamers under their own steam started from the Thames down the Channel, across the Bay of Biscay, past Gibraltar, and through the submarined Mediterranean for the River Tigris.
From A Straight Deal or The Ancient Grudge by Owen Wister
The Cyclones shot 32% in the second half, submarining their own cause further by turning the ball over 18 times.
From Fox News ● Mar. 26, 2022
Quisenberry, a submarining closer with a world-class wit, won five Rolaids Relief Man awards for the Royals in the 1980s.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2022
Chicago had the bases loaded with one out when submarining right-hander Tyler Rogers caught Willson Contreras looking at an 84 mph fastball on a 3-2 count.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2021
Wall’s health problems sabotaged the 2017-18 season, they are submarining the ongoing 2018-19 season, and now they threaten the 2019-20 campaign 10 months before it will officially begin.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 5, 2019
But instead I am this sphere of darkness submarining through the halls.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
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