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India May Be Interested in Buying-Building Japan's Soryu Submarine
Two Prime Ministers - Japan's Abe and India's Modi. Are their countries close enough for a Soryu deal?---The Indian press reported on January 29, 2015 that India, under submarine purchasing-building...
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Balance of Power Senator Lambie AND Limited Submarine Competition?
Senator Nick Xenophon (left) andSenator Jacqui Lambie(right) ---Balance of Power Senator LambieSee February 1, 2015 revisions in Red.The intervention on January 30, 2015 (see ABC article) of Australian...
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Possible Australian Future Submarine Competition Again Raised
DCNS SMX Ocean concept submarine - being offered to Australia as the "conventional Barracuda".---Dramatic DCNS sales video for the SMX Ocean.---news.com.au published an article on January 31, 2015 that...
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Australia - the future junior ally of Japan
Vice Admiral Robert Thomas, Commander US Seventh Fleet and special advisor to Australia (a country under the Admiral's purview) - see below.---As the political reputation of Australia's Prime Minister,...
View ArticleAbbott's "Open Tender" Future Submarine Call Doesn't Go Far Enough
Prime Minister Abbott seems to be the main advocate for "Buy Soryu and Built it in Japan" however his hold on the position of Prime Minister (PM) is still threatened. Yesterday (February 8, 2015) PM...
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Australian Nuclear Submarine Option - Virginia SSNs
Large Virginia SSN diagram. Click on image for expansion. Much larger image at Luke Roberts page then click again..---Largest diagram of Virginia SSN. Click to expand. Note the 12 vertical launch tubes...
View Article"Open tender" versus "Competitive evaluation process" makes little difference
The removal of "open tender", used on February 8-9, 2015, and its replacement today with "competitive evaluation proces" underlines that Australia's selection of a future submarine:- involves political...
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Technical issues and the Soryu - Lithium-ion batteries no AIP
A bank of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) for marine use. LIBs are being developed and offered for future Japanese, German, French and probably Swedish submarines.---The new batch of around 6 Soryus being...
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Costs for the Soryu - As there is no Competition
Pricing is a major part of selection. But what if there is no competition to the Soryu? Diagram courtesy of The Australian.INFORMATIONWhen researching the Saab-Damen submarine development  agreement...
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Sweden and the Netherlands Replacement Submarine Needs
A Dutch Walrus class submarine. Note the serrated fin - probably for quieting and/or improved hydro-dynamic efficiency.The issues of the Dutch Walrus class submarine replacement and the future Swedish...
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Possible Japanese Submarine Deployment Area
Differing submarine patrol areas strung along China's First Island Chain. Japan's submarine patrol area may be from Kyushu, along the Ryukyu island chain (which includes Okinawa), south to Taiwan, then...
View ArticleAustralia Narrows the Future Submarine Bidders to Japan, Germany and France.
On Friday 20, 2015 the Australian Governments decided to select a new submarine from Japan, Germany or France (but not from Sweden). The Government stressed that weight was given to the bidders...
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Latest on India's Aircraft Carrier Projects
India's old and new aircraft carriers. Image courtesy of The Times of India, February 23, 2015--------INS Vikrant "2" on launch November 2014. Photo courtesy.---2016 - expected retirement of INS...
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Reaper (Armed) Drones for Australia?
One of the armed Reapers operated by the UK Royal Air Force, were over Afghanistan, now over Iraq and Syria.---Approximate position of Reaper/Predator bases in region with greatest concentration now on...
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Abbott's Choice of Japan Possibly Influences Defence Testimony
Australia's Senator Nick Xenophon. He comes to Senator Committe meetings well prepared with research. He then asks questions defence officers would prefer he forgot.---Â As the Abbott Government has...
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Misleading advice to US Congress on Chinese Submarine Numbers?
Thirteen of these MING-class improvements on the Type XXI U-Boat of 1945 are believed to boost the Pentagon's Chinese submarine fleet to "more than 60".---The US Navy and the Pentagon have always been...
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US Submarine Campaign from Australia in World War Two
Submarine Matters attempts to present political and technical issues concerning submarines. Less frequently presented is the historical context in which submarines, and their crews, operated.The...
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Major explosion near US carrier a while ago
Is this remarkable, undoctored photo a near miss on a US Nimitz class carrier by one of China's DF-21D anti-ship "carrier killer"Â ballistic missiles?It wasn't terrorism.Pete
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Update on Japan's legislative process for Soryu sale to Australia
Shinzo Abe when appointed Prime Minister in December 2012. He is steadily altering Japan's defence policies and laws, in response to the threats from China, North Korea and terrorism.---Japanese air...
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Brazil's New Submarine Program (ProSub) - March 2015 Update
Artist's impression of Brazil's new Submarine Program (ProSub) Base and Shipbuilding facility at Port Itaguai, Sepetiba Bay. Brazil's decision to build its own submarines of French-DCNS designs is, of...
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