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Richard Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Dec. 2022
In recent weeks, the United States, Japan and South Korea have conducted their first trilateral anti-submarine and missile-tracking exercises since 2017 in a show of force that may have prompted the North Korean escalation.
—Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2022
Nectar Gan, CNN, 25 Sep. 2024
The Russian Surface Action Group consisted of a Severodvinsk-class submarine, a Dolgorukiy-class submarine, a Steregushchiy– class Frigate, and a Seliva-class tug.
—CBS News, 24 Sep. 2024
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Adjective
In the attacks on the Mōhne and Eder dams, from a height of about 60 feet, the bombs were dropped into reservoirs several hundred yards from the dams, then bounced along the water’s surface to avoid anti-submarine nets.
—Richard Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Dec. 2022
In recent weeks, the United States, Japan and South Korea have conducted their first trilateral anti-submarine and missile-tracking exercises since 2017 in a show of force that may have prompted the North Korean escalation.
—Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2022
Noun
In December 2013, a Chinese defense ministry spokesperson was asked at a regular news conference about an ICBM test launched from a submarine in the Bohai Sea, an inland sea off China’s northeast coast.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 25 Sep. 2024
The Russian Surface Action Group consisted of a Severodvinsk-class submarine, a Dolgorukiy-class submarine, a Steregushchiy– class Frigate, and a Seliva-class tug.
—CBS News, 24 Sep. 2024
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“Submarine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/submarine. Accessed 24 Oct. 2024.
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