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Australian future submarine components and combat systems
Possibly the best available diagram of the Soryu? It has a very rough indications of the locations of such combat system components. See names of some components in red at the base of this article....
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Swedish A26s and the Australian Future Submarine Selection
Artist's conception of a Swedish A26 submarine operating in littoral waters while deploying special forces divers. Graphic courtesy of Saab site .---Comments from "TKMS HDW 216 or Soryu Mark 2 for...
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South Asian Submarine Issues
Sandeep Unnithan of India Today, December 4, 2014, has produced a higly detailed article on South Asian submarine issues - and also an excellent map. I have added some hyperlinks and additional...
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Australian Future Submarine Choices – Need for a Plan B
A Scorpene class submarine. A relatively simple purchase for Australia?---Australia's Abbott Government's newly stated preference for a quick submarine selection has increased the emphasis on existing...
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Japan's Soryu - less promising Future Submarine (FSM) for Australia
Immediately below is a diagram of Australia's Collins submarine (launched 1993)---------------The rapid growth and turnover of Japan's 3 most recent submarines (shaded) over the last 25 years. At...
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Swedish Bid for Australian Future Submarine Selection
Artist's conception of a Swedish A26 submarine operating in littoral waters while deploying special forces divers. Graphic courtesy of Saab site .---Sweden's early December 2014 claims might be...
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Future submarine selection December update expected - Sydney Siege
A fleeing hostage from Sydney Siege December 15-16, 2014 beckoned by a policemen to a safer place.Brendan Nicholson in The Australian December 15, 2014 provided a commentary on Prime Minister Abbott's...
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New Defence Minister Kevin Andrews
Kevin Andrews, Australia's new Defence Minister.Today Australia's Abbott Government announced that (as expected) Defence Minister David Johnston has been demoted to the backbench - without...
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Christmas in Australia 2014
Australia's Christmas (in the Southern Hemisphere) is the hottest time of year. Temperatures average around 30ºC (86ºF) during the day and 17ºC (63ºF) at night. Christmas feasts are frequently at...
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Mixing Australian Conventional and Nuclear Submarines
Click on image to expand. Submarine program matters are highly complex being a mixture of what would be ideal (such as the Virginia SSN above) and what is politically, economically and technically...
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Bangladesh, Philippine and Burma Submarine Issues
One of China's remaining Type 035 Ming-class conventional submarine soon to be scrapped or sold off to Bangladesh (and other small nations?).---A Russian built Kilo conventional submarine - main users...
View ArticleJapan Offer to Australia - Soryu Submarine Steel Making - Swedish...
As expected in my December 2014 On Line Opinion article Australia's Abbott Government has announced Japan's Soryu as Australia's future submarine following the result of Japanese December 14, 2014...
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LDUUVs and Undersea Cable Tapping?
US Navy image of a Penn State ARL developed Sea Stalker large-diameter unmanned underwater vehicle (LDUUV).---As well as looking at submarines this blog looks at many related hardware and software...
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Second Swedish sighting of Russian mini-submarine or LDUUV - Malsten
Location of the publically known (Swedish website) Malsten (Island) Station (with observable facilities) which operated undersea cables joining SOSUS and magnetic anomaly sensors. Now...
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Updated History of the Japanese Submarine (After WWII)
The following is based the excellent Japanese document "History of the Japanese Submarine (After WWII)". It is at http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~y.hirama/yh_e_papers_sub_f.html . The document's precise date is...
View ArticleIs Japan's Soryu Sales Pitch Too Arrogant? Andrews at ASC tomorrow.
The Soryu lobby (Japan of course but to an extent the US) issued what amounts to a Soryu Press Release (see below) on January 20, 2015. This is possibly to influence a short statement Australian...
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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...
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Japanese Concerns Over Any Soryu Sale to Australia
Prime Ministers Abbott and Abe, on April 7, 2014, when they concluded a framework agreement for co-operation on defence equipment and technology (including submarine hydrodynamics). This is/was a...
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Australians would reject siding with Japan Over Diaoyu Islands Dispute,...
Mr Xiangmo Huang with Vice-Chancellor of the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Professor Ross Milbourne in December 2013. Mr Xiangmo Huang, from China donated the $1.8 million in order to establish...
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Australian Prime Minister's Decline Weakening "Buy Soryu"
Are the sinking fortunes of Prime Minister Abbott also sinking the Soryu?The last week has presented a further example of Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott's lamentable political judgement....
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