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Tuesday, April 01, 2014

Japan’s new ‘ninja’ submarines are all about stealth

Soryu class SSKJapan’s Soryu class submarines were launched by the Marine Self-Defense Forces (MSDF) in 2007, as an effort to increase the countries submarine force to a total of 22 (from the current 16) by the year 2024.

The submarine Hakuryu, or White Dragon, is the third of the class that is known for packing enough firepower to bring down an aircraft carrier.

But according to the MSDF, the firepower is not the submarine’s best weapon – it is stealth.

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