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Recent Examples of submarines
It is equipped with eight vertical launch system (VLS) tubes, doubling the launcher count carried by earlier Arihant-class submarines.
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Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 23 Feb. 2026
Also based there are submarines in Russia’s Northern Fleet that can carry dozens of nuclear warheads each while hiding beneath sea ice.
—Tom Yulsman, Time, 23 Feb. 2026
The United States has many hundreds of nuclear weapons in storage that could be brought out and put on existing missiles, along with empty missile tubes on submarines that could again be filled with missiles.
—Matthew Bunn, The Conversation, 19 Feb. 2026
Of the ships and vessels waiting in the waters off Venezuela before the raid, the Ford carrier was the biggest hitter, leading a strike group — a formation of US Navy vessels that can include destroyers, cruisers and submarines.
—Jamie Tarabay, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2026
Naval warfare goes a bit clingy as Lockheed Martin unveils its robotic Lamprey Multi-Mission Autonomous Undersea Vehicle (MMAUV), which can hitch a ride on friendly ships or submarines by latching onto their hulls to conserve power.
—David Szondy
february 09, New Atlas, 9 Feb. 2026
There are many games that offer similar FPV warfare experiences, including driving tanks, piloting fighter jets, and commanding submarines.
—Archie Clarke, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
At the time of its signing in 2010, it was seen by arms control advocates as a way to move the world away from the risk of nuclear disaster via fewer intercontinental ballistic missiles, bomber planes and long-range weapons on submarines.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 5 Feb. 2026
The military has spent three decades building its own fleet of ships and submarines with production ramped up over the past years in anticipation of possible naval showdown.
—Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 29 Jan. 2026
Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 23 Feb. 2026
Also based there are submarines in Russia’s Northern Fleet that can carry dozens of nuclear warheads each while hiding beneath sea ice.
—Tom Yulsman, Time, 23 Feb. 2026
The United States has many hundreds of nuclear weapons in storage that could be brought out and put on existing missiles, along with empty missile tubes on submarines that could again be filled with missiles.
—Matthew Bunn, The Conversation, 19 Feb. 2026
Of the ships and vessels waiting in the waters off Venezuela before the raid, the Ford carrier was the biggest hitter, leading a strike group — a formation of US Navy vessels that can include destroyers, cruisers and submarines.
—Jamie Tarabay, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2026
Naval warfare goes a bit clingy as Lockheed Martin unveils its robotic Lamprey Multi-Mission Autonomous Undersea Vehicle (MMAUV), which can hitch a ride on friendly ships or submarines by latching onto their hulls to conserve power.
—David Szondy
february 09, New Atlas, 9 Feb. 2026
There are many games that offer similar FPV warfare experiences, including driving tanks, piloting fighter jets, and commanding submarines.
—Archie Clarke, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
At the time of its signing in 2010, it was seen by arms control advocates as a way to move the world away from the risk of nuclear disaster via fewer intercontinental ballistic missiles, bomber planes and long-range weapons on submarines.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 5 Feb. 2026
The military has spent three decades building its own fleet of ships and submarines with production ramped up over the past years in anticipation of possible naval showdown.
—Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 29 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for submarines
Noun
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Potential payloads include lightweight anti-submarine torpedoes, electronic warfare equipment, acoustic decoys designed to mimic other vessels, and deployable sensor packages for intelligence collection.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Feb. 2026
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Two big fish shot by like titanium torpedoes.—
Susan Casey,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Starz recorded no Canadian linear TV subs in the latest quarter.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Feb. 2026
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The subs came in with the Cowboys leading 11-10, and led to a five-minute Bronco scoring drought that put the home team 16-10 down before Buchanan re-entered and broke the drought with a layup.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Foster may have been a late addition to the roll-call of heroes who went on to deliver the first of three consecutive promotions under Hollywood ownership, having only come out of retirement in March 2023 to solve a goalkeeping crisis.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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Because country star Dierks Bentley is nothing if not a solid curator of younger opening acts and heroes alike.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Submarines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/submarines. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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