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It’s Official: Chinese Farmers Can Build Anything, Rarely Farm
1:30AM Jack Loftus | What is it with everyday Chinese folks building extraordinary things? Last month farmer Wu Zhongyuan built a helicopter from wood and metal. This month Tao Xiangl is scooting around the waters near Beijing in a hand-built submarine. More »
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Russian Akula-Class Attack Submarines Patrolling US East Coast
6:00AM Jesus Diaz | One would think that the Cold War ended a long time ago, but ask the Pentagon officials who are very concerned about the two Russian nuclear-powered Akula-class attack submarines now patrolling the US East Coast. One ping only, Vasily. More »
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The Underwater Express Lets You Cruise In A Gas Bubble At 100 Knots
12:00PM Don Nguyen | While most DARPA projects never materialise, the Underwater Express mini-submarine project is entering the test phase. If successful, the Underwater Express will be capable of going 100 knots—far faster than the 30 knots today’s subs can muster. More »
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The Deep Flight Super Falcon Sub Is A Private Airplane For The Sea
11:30AM Brian Lam | I’d never been envious of Tom Perkins’ giant sailboat, the Maltese Falcon, until it received a deployable submarine in its belly. The sub, called the Deep Flight Super Falcon, is a 6.5m electric vehicle, bringing aerodynamic principles to the sea. More »
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Oprah Skypes with a Sub, Gets Skinny on Life Submerged
12:20PM Wilson Rothman | That Oprah, always using product tie-ins in new and different ways, this time jiving with the commander of the USS Louisville “The Slugger” submarine—which is 60 feet underwater off the coast of Hawaii—via Skype. More »
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The $US1.3 Million Deep Flight Super Falcon Flying Submarine
11:40AM Jesus Diaz | The Deep Flight Super Falcon is a flying submarine that can’t really fly. Not that it matters for anyone without $US1.3 million to spare, but the “fly” part refers to the way it dives. More »
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Always Wanted a Stealth Boat? The Navy Is Giving This One Away
12:20AM John Mahoney | This is Sea Shadow, the Navy’s first first stealth vessel and the inspiration for the stealth ship in Tomorrow Never Dies. It can now be yours, for free. But there’s a catch. More »
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Stealth Tech Blamed for International Sub Crash, French Crew Unaware They’d Hit Anyone for Days
8:34PM John Herrman | How could two submarines end up colliding in the middle of the ocean? British military types are blaming excessive stealthiness, and the French claim they didn’t realise what had happened for days. More »
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Two Nuclear Submarines Collide in the Atlantic
2:57AM Jesus Diaz | First Satellites colliding, now this. Two nuclear submarines carrying nuclear missiles, the British HMS Vanguard—in the image—and the French Le Triomphan, bumped in the Atlantic this February. More »
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