Australian Sub Depot Ship. Twofold Bay? French SSNs Australia?
Regarding matters raised by Bill Seney in his comments of 15 March 2025, I respond:The Port of Darwin is a poor choice for even temporary porting (say one month) of a Collins submarine, let alone large...
View ArticleDarwin Port hosts a US SSN & US Submarine Tender
Since the preceding article I partially eat my words:USS Minnesota, a Guam based Virginia-class SSN, visited the Chinese run [1] Port of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, in late March 2025. [2]...
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8 RAN officers & 14 enlisted submariners on US Virginias
Photo By Cmdr. Rick Moore | 250403-N-NF311-1067 PACIFIC OCEAN (April 3, 2025) – Adm. Bill Houston, director of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, right, discusses the capabilities of Virginia-class...
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Russian spy sensors on UK SSBNs: Nord Stream Explosive "Sanctions"
Four days ago, while leafing through Aussie and, of course, Bulgarian newspaper clippings, I came upon the BULGARIANMILITARY(DOT)COM article below, which is based on a UK Sunday Times article."Russian...
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Possible China Threat To US Diego Garcia Base
See Diego Garcia's (red-lined yellow star) central strategic position in the Indian Ocean. Also see the 2,158km distance between Diego Garcia and would-be claimant Mauritius. (Map has been featured on...
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Singapore begins 2nd MRCV build
In a development that is sure to trigger Pete about Australia's convoluted naval construction issues, Singapore's ST Engineering Marine shipbuilder (majority owned by Singapore's GIC, Temasak...
View ArticleUnresolved US Controls on AUKUS Submarine Technology
Seemingly as a followup to my article of March 25, 2025 "Heightened US ITAR Regs Blocking AUKUS..." Reuters, via the (Singapore) STRAITS TIMES, reported May 3,...
View ArticleIndia's 6 SSNs By the 2040s
GhalibKabir contrubued to the post below. On 10 October 2024 India’s Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) in August 2024, authorised the laying down of 2 Project 77 SSNs costed at a total of US$4.7...
View ArticleIndia's 2 Future Nuclear Sub Bases Against China & Pakistan
The video here and above was uploaded by CaspianReport on February 3, 2025. It gets a few weapons systems wrong (like China's Type 092 SSBNs being the future and propeller driven P-8s) but much else is...
View ArticleAUKUS Subs in Doubt: Untrustworthy US Ally
This is the best video I've seen on AUKUS Virginia problems, particularly 3 minutes 53 seconds onwards. The video is by MilitaryRated run by four former military men from NATO countries Sweden, Norway,...
View ArticleUK/France Cannot Nuclear/Conventionally Protect Australia
In response to Anonymous' May 19, 2025 comment:I, of course, agree with your first paragraph.Regarding your second paragraph on any UK/European deterrence umbrella for Australia:In 2024, the Federation...
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IMDEX 2025 update: Singapore confirms 5th & 6th Type 218SG subs, updates MCM,...
As I mentioned in my previous article, the biennial IMDEX 2025, held at Singapore's Changi Naval Base, had announcements and news on systems related to the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN).New...
View ArticleAustralian subs "Interim, off the shelf" Won't Work
To hedge against the likely non-delivery in the 2030s of Virginias under AUKUS and the only temporary fix of the LOTE of Collins conventional subs (SSKs), some suggest weekly:"Why doesn't Australia buy...
View ArticleRetrofitting Reactors into SSKs Unlikely: Molten Salt Out
Hi Shawn re your June 1, 2025 comment: South Korea's (SK's) KSS-III Batch III might turn out to be nuclear powered - a true SSBN or SSN-SSBN hybrid. Various countries, like France with its K-15 reactor...
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USN's SSN Shortage: Hegseth Policy Vacuum
The shortage of SSNs for the US Navy, leaving no Virginias to spare for Australia, continues. No matter how many $Billions the US Government throws at the problem, SSN production is not increasing,...
View ArticleUS AUKUS Review's Message: Increase Australian Money for US
The AUKUS Review announced June 11, 2025 is likely to produce an ambiguous finding leaning on Australia to increase its non-refundable AUKUS payments (currently A$5 Billion) to the US. The 30 day...
View ArticleUK's Vacuous "UP TO" 12 SSN-AUKUS Announcement
Other than "up to" 12 SSN-AUKUS and a heroically ambitious 1 SSN every 18 months drumbeat, yesterday's UK SSN-AUKUS announcement [1a] is no change from the UK's 2021 SSN-AUKUS announcement. "Up to" 12...
View ArticleNuclear Weaponless Iran Can Be Bombed By Israeli Nuclear Weapons at Will
A bit of fission bomb math regarding https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/31/iran-increases-stockpile-of-enriched-uranium-by-50-percent-iaea-saysThis concerns the 408.6kg of Highly Enriched Uranium...
View ArticleIsrael May Coerce US Bomber Involvement in War Against Iran
In response to Shawn's June 13, 2025 comment:Because Israel has no heavy bomber aircraft to carry 10+ tonne bunker buster bombs against deep dug Iranian 60+% highly enriched Uranium (HEU) and other...
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Likely Targets of US B2 bombers: Tehran, Natanz & Fordow
The article bellow follows my most recent June 16, 2025, article Israel May Coerce US Bomber Involvement in War Against Iran, at...
View ArticleNuclear Site Targets in TEHRAN for Israeli & US Air Forces: Plutonium.
Now that my prediction in my article of June 19, 2025 "Likely Targets of US B2 bombers: Tehran, Natanz & Fordow"at...
View ArticleConfirmed: Israel Coerced the US into Bombing Iran
Further to my post of June 16, 2025 at https://gentleseas.blogspot.com/2025/06/israel-may-coerce-us-bomber-involvement.htmlmy sources confirm Israel coerced the US into bombing Iran.Israel argued 10...
View ArticleScott on USN's SSN Shortage "money won't fix this problem"
Scott, on June 20, 2025, provided the excellent comments below :"Thanks Pete. As an engineer I have zero confidence in the USA turning this [the USN's SSN shortage] around, whether Democrats or...
View ArticleUS Gov Giving Columbia Subs Priority Over AUKUS Commitment
The US Government is giving production of Columbia SSBNs priority over AUKUS Virginia commitments.Rather than producing 2.33 Virginias per year to meet AUKUS commitments, the US Government is producing...
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