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Australian Nuclear Submarine Option - Virginia SSNs
Largest diagram of Virginia SSN. Click to expand. Note the 12 vertical launch tubes near the bow will be replaced with Virginia Payload Tubes (VPT) at the mid-section for various uses (28 missiles,...
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Australia's submarine selection controversy quiet - currently.
Defence Minister Kevin Andrews successfully asserting himself. Graphics courtesy julian winter.---Andrews finding it is better to publish strategy papers than respond to media scrums. Photo courtesy...
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Abbott's February 2015 Submarine Promise Juggling Again Controversial
Australian Prime Minister Abbott's juggling of promises on the new submarine selection has again become controversial. Most of this controversy is old however what is new is:- the lack of communication...
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Sweden announces pending order for two A26 submarines
Japan, France and Germany are the last three contenders for Australia's future submarine (SEA 1000) competion. The specifications of Swedens A26 (above) have not been made public - are the figures...
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Suspected Russian submarine snagging a Scottish trawler net
The "Butt of Lewis" Lewis Point, Outer Hebrides, Scotland at the top of the map. The "Butt"/Point is the closest point where a suspected encounter with a Russian submarine occurred. On the right is...
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MHI and KHI not at Australia's Future Submarine Summit, Adelaide, March...
Australia's Future Submarine Summit is being held in Adelaide, South Australia on March 24-26, 2015. There are many Australian politicians, military officers and officials due to speak as well as...
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Thailand may be next to purchase submarines
What appears to be a commissioning ceremony for two of Thailand's Matchanu class submarine in 1938. They were 370 tons surfaced.---Model of a Matchanu class submarine. Submarines, up to 1945, carried...
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Documents for Competitive Evaluation Process sent to (Likely) Bidders
Rear Admiral Gregory John Sammut, Head of the Future Submarine Project with long experience as a submariner and other positions.---Mr Harry Dunstall, Acting CEO, DMO (Defence Material Organisation)....
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Concern competitive evaluation process Clearly Favours Japan
It is difficult to find a photograph of Australian Defence Minister, Kevin Andrews letting himself be filmed with a submarine. Here's the next best thing - reflections of what looks to be a submarine...
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Indian Defence Minister Visiting Japan Linking Soryu and Aircraft Issues?
Indian Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar (Photo courtesy ZeeNews)---Interesting report in the Japan Times, March 29, 2015 India interested in buying Japan's Soryu-class submarines :This is just prior...
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Israeli Publicity concerning the Nuclear Capability of its Dolphin 2 Submarines
The upper image is a Dolphin 2 - for size comparison and to indicate the fuel cell AIP additions. Lower submarine image highlights the high number of torpedo/missile tubes - apparently ten on the...
View ArticleAustralia Narrows the Future Submarine Bidders to Japan, Germany and France.
On Friday 20, 2015 the Australian Governments decided to select:- the Government of Japan (effectively including Japanese Ministry of Defence (JMD), MHI and KHI)- TKMS from Germany, and- DCNS from...
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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.---India is gradually expanding its carrier...
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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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Chinese Type 093A or 093G SSN armed with YJ-18 Carrier Killer Missiles
What may be 3 Chinese Type 093A/093G SSN or SSGN submarines. An obviously blurry photo of a clarity far below military satellite standards. Nothing as clear as "reading a car's number plate". ---What...
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More evidence Australia's Soryu Choice based on US-Australia-Japan Alliance...
General Martin Dempsey (on right) Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff and Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin (at left), Australian Chief of the Defence Force, meet at RAN base HMAS Watson in Sydney,...
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Submarine Steel Strength, China and Japan.
High-strength steel welding, monitoring and other functions are now highly automated including computer dependent, particularly in well established assembly lines. (Photo courtesy Design News and...
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Russian Submarine Fire Perhaps Caused By Battery Fumes
There appears to be a tightly packed collection of shipping around the submarine on fire. Wouldn't they be at fire or at least smoke risk? Perhaps authorities moved ships around the sub on fire to...
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Pace of India's nuclear submarine program, Arihant, Chakra.
Perhaps a minimally doctored August 2014 photo of INS Arihant. It shares similarities with Russia's latest, minimally humped, Borei class SSBN and the preceding very humped, sail planed, Russian Delta...
View ArticleAustralian government sends ASC confusing instructions
Adelaide's Independent News (IN)Daily, April 14, 2015 reported on the confusing instructions the Federal Government has been sending government owned Australian Submarine Corporation (ASC). The...
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