Thesaurus results for SUBMARINES

submarines

noun

plural of submarine

as in torpedoes

a large sandwich on a long split roll always orders a roast beef submarine with the works

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Recent Examples of submarines China has successfully tested a huge airborne electromagnetic detection system that could locate hidden nuclear submarines operating deep beneath the ocean surface. —

Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 9 June 2026 Everyone expected bombing, submarines, battleships, and all hell to break loose at any moment. —

Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026 Russia’s Main Directorate of Deep Sea Research has developed specialist submarines for such surveillance missions, according to previous CNN reporting. —

Tim Lister, CNN Money, 31 May 2026 While the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) can fire nuclear weapons from submarines and aircraft, the silo fields in the northwestern Xinjiang region and Gansu province are the core of its nuclear forces. —

Reuters, NBC news, 29 May 2026 Russia’s 2022 Warship Law also requires 90 days' advance notice for foreign warships to transit the passage, limits the route to one warship at a time, and requires submarines to surface. —

Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 29 May 2026

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Noun

The Philippines is getting six used Japanese escort destroyers armed with anti-submarine and anti-ship missiles, torpedoes, and naval guns.

— Andy Browne, semafor.com, 2 June 2026
The Navy is scheduled to receive 28 MK 48 Mod 6 warshot torpedoes over the next two years, while training variants have already been delivered.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 2 June 2026