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Specifications Remus 600 "Drone" launched by USS North Dakota
Specifications of the Kongsberg-Hydroid REMUS 600 - Autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV)Vehicle diameter: 32.4 cm (12.75 in)Vehicle length: 3.25 m (128 in), length varies depending upon module...
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Indian Company Signs Contract for Kilo Submarine Maintenance.
A Russian designed older version Kilo class submarine. The export version is known as Project 877EKM by Russia's Rubin Design Bureau. India has 9, known as the Sindhughosh class.---Indian press...
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Two of the Possible Choices for UK's Next Maritime Patrol Aircraft
First aircraft.The status of the Airbus Military A319 MPA (also called MPA319) (above) is difficult to discern. (Image Courtesy Airbus Military via naval technology (nt)). The A319 MPA appears to be a...
View ArticleCamera Footage of Action Inside Chinese Submarines
Have you even wondered how the Chinese media views the Peoples Liberation Army - Navy (PLAN) submarine service? While submarines are ideally quiet, submerged and solitary - the Youtube above depict...
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Japan Looking at UK Help to Win Australian Submarine Competition
BAE Systems Australia is completing Australia's two Canberra class Landing Helicopter Docks on time, on budget at Williamstown dockyard, Victoria, Australia.---An article by several Reutersreporters...
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A woman in a US Navy Submarine!
Lt. Cmdr. Maura Thompson, SSBN supply officer. Better looking than your average submariner.---West Virginia's Exponent Telegram, July 26, 2015 reports...
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Submarine Launched Airflight Missile (SLAMs)
There are many emerging technologies that could be placed in or on a submarine. One technology is Submarine Launched Airflight Missile (SLAMs) or Submarine SAMs. These may normally be intended for SSK...
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Mystery of the Catfish, Som class submarine, wrecked in Swedish waters
The recently "discovered?" wreck may have been the Catfish (ex Fulton) - a Som class submarine. The Som class (above) were designed by US company Electric Boat.Catfish was perhaps built in Vladivostok...
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Where is Reunion island? Right here. Maybe part of MH370 found.
Image courtesy CBC. Canada's CBC reports, July 29-30, 2015. A 2 meter piece of wreckage was found on Wednesday-Thursday, July 29-30, washed up in the town of Saint-André on the northeast coast of the...
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Netherlands Needs New Submarines Quickly
One of the Netherlands four large conventional Walrus class submarines that need to be replaced.---The islands of the Dutch Caribbean are an ocean away from the Netherlands. Such constant long range...
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"Build in Japan" not a done deal?
The above cartoon says many things. It is a comment on the four members of the Advisory Panel for the Competitive Evaluation Process, on avoidance of "where to build" issue, a club wielding Defence...
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Tony's Navy - Future Frigates, OCVs and his left profile stare
Abbott walks in front of the uniforms and new ship HMAS Canberra - Abbott's left profile displayed. Notice Abbott is not part of the group but their great leader, staring at something in the distance...
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Australia's Naval Shipbuilding Blueprint for the Next 20 Years
Some possible options for Australia's Future Frigate SEA 5000 Program (Diagram Courtesy News . com). Note that the Australian Navy has felt left out of the Iraq War where Australia's Air Force and Army...
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Taiwan's Replacement Submarine Hopes. US won't help.
Two of Taiwan's four submarines were launched during WWII. Both are theoretically operational, but only safe for training - and probably only safe in a shallow harbour. One is Hai Shih (ex US Tench...
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SSBNs Still Quite Dangerous - Hiroshima's 70th Anniversary Today
Diagram dated around October 2014 courtesy Jane's, International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS), FAS and WSJ.On the occasion of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima 70 years ago today it is relevant...
View ArticleJapanese Submarines – Critical operational life and hull cutting issues
In comments below http://gentleseas.blogspot.com.au/2015/08/australias-naval-shipbuilding-blueprint.html“S” has provided very interesting views on Japanese-Australia submarine issues. This is...
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A Table to Describe Soryu to Future Australian Submarine Build
Launch of the first of class Soryu ("Blue (or Green) Dragon") (Japanese そうりゅう ) at MHI's shipyard in Kobe, Japan, December 2007. Australia's future submarines are likely to be launched nearby in Kobe...
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Janine Asseln - First Female Submarine Officer in the German Navy
The one and (perhaps still the) only female Submarine Officer in the German Navy, Janine Asseln, has created considerable interest over the last 2 years. (Photo courtesy - the German Navy's...
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Does Thailand Need Submarines At All?
Thailand's surrounding sea depths (see map above) severely limit operations for any future Thai submarine service. The lightest blue (almost white) for the seas/oceans on the map indicate sea depths of...
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Baltic Sea Submarine Operations - Russia, Swedeen and Finland.
In the map above the lighter the blue the shallower the water. The average depth of the Baltic Sea is 53 meters but the maximum depth is 459 meters. 459 meters is more than deep enough for submarines...
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