The Russian ship Yantar has aimed lasers at the crews of UK Royal Air Force aircraft in waters off the north of Scotland. While the Yantar has been a worrying presence around critical undersea infrastructure for years now, this development represents … Continue reading
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NOAA’s largest oceanographic research vessel, Ronald H. Brown, is based in Charleston, SC, although if you haven’t seen her in her homeport for quite a while, you are not alone. She only recently returned from a record deployment of 1,347 … Continue reading
The Sea Orbiter concept design looks like something straight out of science fiction. Floating half above and half below the surface of the water, it appears to be more like a scimitar-shaped inter-galactic spaceship than any sort of oceanographic research vessel. Fifty eight meters … Continue reading