India's 6 Major Sub Related Activities - Work in Progress
India has set for itself the massive burden of conducting 6 major submarine activities. In no particular order of priority:1. Using a foreign design to build 6 Project-75(I) SSKs with AIP.The...
View ArticleBiden-PMs Meet for AUKUS 7:30AM CBA-Time: Tues, Mar 14.
U.S. Embassy Australia [Announces] @USEmbAustralia 7:30 AM AEDT [Canberra Time, Tuesday, March 14th, 2023]the President and Prime Ministers will hold [an AUKUS Submarine] trilateral meeting at Naval...
View ArticleIn Sept 2022 SA Premier Opposed Virginia Deal
In a case of "back to the future" Sarah Martin, writing for The Guardian, on September 25, 2022, was spot on. I wonder what Albanese has promised South Australian Premier, Peter Malinauskas to keep...
View ArticleAus Virginia Cost + US Industrial Cost + Obligations to US Alliance
Australia's pending purchase of 3 to 5 Virginias for the 2030s comes with extra obligations and conditions: - the sale must be approved by the US Congress, noting the US lower house, the House of...
View ArticleIs "USED" Virginias for Australia OFFICIAL US Policy?
All this talk about Australia only having the choice of "used" or "second hand" Virginias originally came from who? where? and when? Is "used" official US policy?
View ArticleAustralia Likely to get 2 or 3 Virginia Block IIs + a "new" Virginia.
From 8:25 in the US Defense Department video hereand above (of March 15) senior US Defense official, Dr. Mara E. Karlin (more biodata here) in answer to a question gives a lucid account that:“Australia...
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Prof White: AUKUS Subs: Aus War Alongside US Against China
Following are parts of Australia's news.com.au report of March 19, 2023:The Australian National University’s Hugh White, [above and more biodata] an Emeritus Professor of Strategic Studies, lashed the...
View Article3 New SSNs for Indian Navy. Russian Reactors: French Hulls?
India’s Firstpost March 17, 2023 reports, in part: "...According to media reports, the Indian Navy may receive approval to purchase only three nuclear submarines during the initial stage [instead of...
View ArticleVirginias for Australia Hard Politically for Biden.
In response to French Anonymous’ comment of March 16, 2023. US politicians or US officials with a US naval background, part representing the USN's position, seem wholey or mainly? absent from last...
View ArticleAustralian Public Support for AUKUS Subs Declines
The Guardian (Aus edition) reports in part, March 21, 2023:Public support for the Aukus [including Virginia] nuclear submarine acquisition [has] declined, according to the latest Guardian Essential...
View ArticleAustralia Likely to get 2 or 3 Virginia Block IIs + "new" Virginia.
From 8:25 into the US Defense Department video here and above (of March 15) senior US Defense official, Dr. Mara E. Karlin (more biodata here) in answer to a question gives a lucid account...
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Might "Advanced Capabilities" Make Subs Obsolete?
Anonymous made the very interesting comments below on Mar 20, 2023. My/Pete's comments are in [ square brackets ].Hi Pete After reading all of your postings on AUKUS and more widely, some thoughts. We...
View ArticleFrench LEU Reactor & SSN Implications
French Anonymous made interesting commentson March 20, 2023. Pete has done some editing and Pete's additional comments are in [...] brackets. These are rumours from the Indian pressbut without any info...
View ArticleAustralian Virginia SOVEREIGNTY: At End of US Maintenance Queue?
If future sovereignty stressing Australian Virginias were not deployed in line with US national interests (such as assisting the US Navy in defence of Taiwan) the US could assign Australian Virginias a...
View ArticleJust 1 RAN Virginia Will Be Active for Ops for A$120 Billion
Peter Lobner, in his USN nuclear submarine study recognised the low availability of US SSNs, including Virginias. On page 132 Lobner writes: "In October 2017, the maintenance backlog was reported to...
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US ISR Jet First Mission Northern Finland: Russian Subs
Thomas Nilsenat The Barents Observer has written an excellent article of March 25, 2023. Here are parts of it:“U.S. surveillance jet makes first mission up to northern Finland" "Unlike Norway, which...
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If only Australia had Bought Subs Like Singapore
I thank retortPouch, whose March 28, 2023 comment inspired the article below. With its usual efficiency Singapore ordered 2 Invincible-class submarines from Germany’s TKMS in 2013 and 2 in 2017. First...
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Russia Sub & Naval Mine Threat in Black Sea Next?
An interesting March 29, 2023 Popular Mechanicsarticle that Russia's 6 diesel-electric Kilo submarines in its Black Sea Fleet (BSF) may be ordered to torpedo Ukrainian merchant ships and/or lay naval...
View ArticleBreakneck Training Risks Nuclear Mistakes
"Australia faces an ‘incredibly difficult’ task over the next 15 to 20 years to train enough people to support the AUKUS nuclear submarine program."PETE COMMENTTraining Australians at the required...
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Nuclear Sub Ran Aground: Western Australian Coast
HMS Trenchant docking in the UK---Nuclear propelled attack submarine HMS Trenchant, of the Trafalgar-class (which preceded the Astutes) is a floating hulk in the UK. Trenchant awaits the huge cost and...
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