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Japan Just Launched Its First “Big Whale” Lithium-Ion Battery Powered Submarine.
Japan is preparing to introduce an innovative new class of diesel-electric submarine.
By Thomas Newdick
Whether this type of battery propulsion finds a place on other navies’ submarines remains to be seen, but it’s clear that they are here to stay, with the undersea force, at least, now well on its way to a lithium-ion-powered future.
