Talisman Sabre With Many Participants & Observers
Gessler reported on July 31, 2023:"Also, India is sending observers for this year's Talisman Sabre [2023] exercise. The next edition of the exercise may or may not see full fledged participation by the...
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First Photos of Israel's INS Drakon aka Dragon Dolphin 2
Above is a sideview via Oleg7700 of Israel's INS Drakon aka Dragon moved out of a shed and onto a hardstand at TKMS Kiel, Germany on August 1, 2023. Below is an August 2, 2023 side-rear view of INS...
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"The ASEAN submarine?" by Shawn Chung
India and the ASEAN countries (Map courtesy IndiaASEAN.org) ---Pete Comment: My good friend Shawn Chung has provided the wide ranging essay below, which highlights the possibilities of Naval Group,...
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INS Drakon follows Soviet sail launched SLBM tradition.
Submarine Autistry, on August 4, 2023, providedinteresting insights on conventional submarine evolution:“Right now, I think there are two major trends in conventional submarine design.The first is...
View ArticleFrance's Innovative Submarine Industry eg. Scorpenes
Above and here the Scorpene is featured, courtesy this 2 year old Naval Group video. It begins with 14 Scorpenes sold, but recently India is building 3 more, for a total of 17.On August 4, 2023...
View ArticleQUADs in Exercise MALABAR 2023
https://news.usni.org/2023/08/11/quad-alliance-joins-together-for-exercise-malabar-2023-in-australiaFrom August 11 – 21, 2023. Hosted by Australia for the first time.Two, as yet, unidentified...
View ArticleSmorgasbord of Submarine Subjects
The Submarine Matters article France's Innovative Submarine Industry eg. Scorpenes of August 11, 2023, prompted an avalanche of comments from August 11 to 15, 2023. I won't attempt to address all...
View ArticleAustralia's AUKUS SSNs Best for NUCLEAR WAR FIGHTING
The Australian Labor Party's (ALP) National Conference todayis discussing the issue of Labor maintaining the preceding Morrison Government's AUKUS nuclear powered submarine proposal.What distinguishes...
View ArticleMajor US CRS Report: No Virginias for Australia?
Andrew Tillett, for the Australian Financial Review (AFR) has written an excellent article AUKUS subs deal ‘could worsen US shortfall, blunt China deterrence of August 21, 2023. The AFR article is...
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More on INS Drakon: Photos, Cutaway, etc.
Oleg7700 has been very helpful shedding light on INS Drakon a (likely) VLS test bed. Drakon will likely simultaneously serve Israel’s Nuclear Triad with its nuclear tipped Popeye Turbo missiles. I...
View ArticleAustralia Cross-Subsidising HIMARS to Ukraine
As I wrote in the "Comments" section of Kym Bergmann's fine APDR article of August 22, 2023, I would say Australia and other potential HIMARS customers are being asked by the US to pay hugely inflated...
View Article4 New SSKs Better Than 5 Collins LOTEs: No Virginias?
In response to TDUA's well argued comments of August 29, 2023.I agree. Given the work practices of Osborne Shipyard the Life Of Type Extension (LOTE) with expensive upgrades, may cost more than A$2...
View ArticleDutch SSK Selection Benefits Australia: Homage to US
From 10 comments of August 29, 30 and 31, 2023 below my article "4 New SSKs Better Than 5 Collins LOTEs: No Virginias?" I assume:1. Germany is not winning the Walrus Replacement selection and hasn't...
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Submarine Communications
Submarine Matters strives to bring all manner of submarine topics to you the reader. To that end Anonymous reported on August 22 and Unknown reported August 23, 2023, on submarine reception of signals....
View ArticleAustralian Made Cardboard Drones Bomb Russia
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-03/ukraine-war-australian-made-cardboard-drones-russia-warfare/102804120
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Unavailable UK SSNs, Osborne Spruikers, Too Few Virginias
The AUKUS sub Dog's Breakfast (as in dog vomit) Labor's Albanese inherited.(Cartoon courtesy Eureka Street)---The UK has a poor SSN production and availability record that bodes ill for the UK...
View ArticleVirginia Purchase: US Dollars vs Australian Dollars?
Some interesting financial figures have come out of AFR’s “AUKUS export rules possible ‘Trojan horse’ for bad actors” of 7 Sep 2023 by a US authorat...
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Might SSN-AUKUSs Arrive Before Australia's Virginias?
Captain Reifstek, USN (Courtesy LinkedIn)---From https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2023/09/07/allies-target-early-aukus-milestones-to-keep-20-year-plan-on-track/It is so nice to see Capt. Lincoln...
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NK's New "SSB" Missile Firing via Test Barge?
H I Sutton's September 8, 2023 article, on the September 6 launch of North Korea's (NK's) possible 10 missile SSB, is most interesting. My inititial thoughts are the SSB (especially in main picture...
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wispywood2344 on Japan's New Defense Projects
Pete CommentsIn its Central Asian region Russia maintains powerful forces of nuclear armed long range bombers and ICBMs. Russia's Pacific Fleet also contains many SSKs, SSNs and SSBNs all a potential...
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