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Soryu Submarine - Many Unknowns and Modifications Needed
A Soryu submarine prior to launch or under maintenance. Click on image to massively expand.--Graeme Dunk, writing on the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI's) blog The Strategist has written a...
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India's Nirbhay Cruise Missile Second Test
A Nirbhay cruise missile prior to testing.----A test of the Nirbhay cruise missile - most probably the October 17, 2014 test. Ankit Panda for The Diplomat has written an interesting article of October...
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Air Independent Propulsion - A Game Changer?
Hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell system. (Diagram courtesy of http://webberswarships.ca/styled-9/index.html )---MESMA closed-cycle steam turbine---Stirling-cycle heat engine with external...
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Suspected Russian Mini Submarine in Swedish Waters
A Russian Kilo Class submarine - at up to 2,350 tons surfaced probably too large to operate safely in the closed littoral off Stockholm, Sweden. ---The much smaller Piranha ("Losos") class mini...
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Seaweb Undersea (and broader naval) Surveillance Network
(Diagram courtesy of the US Navy Undersea Warfare magazine http://www.navy.mil/navydata/cno/n87/usw/issue_30/art.html )Seaweb comes in many sensor technologies and host platforms - US and other...
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Revised - DCNS Announces its SMX OCEAN Large SSK
DCNS concept submarine, the SMX OCEAN, is fitted with an impressive load of up to 34 weapons for action in the four domains: anti-air, anti-surface, anti-submarine & action against land...
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Two Euronaval 2014 exhibits - France's SMX Ocean and Russia's Amur-1650 SSKs
France's DCNS via http://worlddefencenews.blogspot.com.au/2014/10/dcns-presents-innovative-xwind-4000_28.html reported October 28, 2014:"At Euronaval 2014, DCNS is unveiling the SMX Ocean...
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Russia exhibiting the concept Amur-1650 conventional submarine (SSK) at...
Russia is relatively unpopular in Europe at present (Crimea-Ukraine crisis) however France did not cancel Russia's invitation to Euronaval 2014 currently being held on the outskirts of Paris.At...
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Australia's vulnerable and dependent oil supplies by sea
Oil tankers serving Australia's oil needs are vulnerable as they sail through the Straits of Hormuz, then the Straits of Malacca, then to and from the main refinery in Singapore. Click on image to make...
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Future Australian Submarine - French and German Sales Activity
Two days after meeting Australian Defence Minister Johnston, in Perth on 2 November 2014, French Defence Minister Mr Jean-Yves Le Drian (front row, 3rd from right) was spotted (4 November 2014) aboard...
View ArticleDCNS' new submerged SSK solution - Lithium-ion battery and 2 AIPs
Presented on the DCNS Group' website on 29 October 2014 isThree technologies to improve submerged endurance [for the proposed DCNS SMX...
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Chinese nuclear propelled attack submarine docks in Sri Lanka (in Nov 2014)
A Chinese Type 091 "Han" class SSN - the latest Chinese submarine that has docked in Sri Lanka (November 2014).---Diagram of a Chinese Type 091 "Han" class SSN - courtesy of blueprints.com .---Anjana...
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Submarine Institute of Australia's Centenerary Conference 2014 - No Japanese...
The HDW Dolphin 2 - tailored for Israel. Note the robust lower hull - for moving near the sea-floor, or sitting on it? Note also the complex rudder system - for manoeuvring this large submarine in...
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Comments in Favor of TKMS and Other German Developed Submarine Products
In April 2006 a German Navy Type 212 submarine (U-32 pictured) sailed from the Baltic Sea to Rota, Spain in a journey lasting two weeks, covering 1,500nm without surfacing or snorkelling. Seven years...
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TKMS HDW 216 or Soryu Mark 2 for Australia's Future Submarine?
A Soryu (Mark 1) in a Japanese port. Will Australia buy the Soryu Mark 2? I don't know what the hull nets are (pictured) - for security to cover sonar sensors or anechoic tiles? Or to keep the tiles...
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Submarine export trends - Japan's Soryu
Like a Western political rally this Soryu launch is colorful. Highly likely they will remove the bunting before sailing :)---An almost complete (it misses Israel's Dolphin sub) set of HDW designed and...
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Russian cruiser Varyag's gunboat diplomacy in Australia's region
Russia's missile cruiser Varyag leaving port (possibly Vladivostok? in photo)---Russia's missile cruiser Varyag, current pride of Russia's Pacific Fleet. Diagrams courtesy of...
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Submarine issues placing Australia's Defence Minister Johnston under pressure
Australia's embattled Defence Minister, David Johnston.---PETE'S COMMENTSThe extreme nature of Australian Defence Minister, David Johnston's "canoe" comments on November 25, 2014 (see in article below)...
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DCNS Opens Submarine Office in Australia
Hervé GUILLOU, CEO of DCNS Group (left) opens new DCNS Australia subsidiary on November 19, 2014 in presence of Australian Defence Minister David JOHNSTON. Photo courtesy of...
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Combat Systems for Australia's Future Submarine? Work in Progress
Components of the ATLAS ELEKTRONIK's Integrated Sensor Underwater System - ISUS 90 (or the more advanced ISUS 2000) one likely contender for Australia's Future Submarine--A dramatised (eg. periscope...
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