Report SENT to Donors "Actors & Some Influences on Trump’s Naval Policies"
One of Trump’s first naval-defense policy advisers, the ideologue Senator Sessions, is next to Trump. Sessions, like Trump, is an outsider in terms of Washington Establishment thinking (Photo courtesy...
View ArticleJapan Developing Nuclear Weapon Capability due to Trump Uncertainty
In response to (now President-Elect) Trump's oft repeated questioning of the sanctity of alliances Japan has been quietly hedging, anticipating a gradual withdrawal of US extended nuclear deterrence....
View ArticleRussian Kilo subs and seabed sensors involved in 2 NATO submarines' detection
This depth-map indicates the choke-points (narrows) where both NATO submarines entered the Mediterranean Sea, ie. the US Virginia class through the Strait of Gibralter (on the map, extreme left) and...
View ArticleConnection to all the up-to-date Trump Transition Team details
All the up-to-date Trump Transition Team details are revealed HERE, including:"Security enhancements“Prior to Trump's return to his private residence at Trump Tower around November 10, the United...
View ArticleJapan will need to follow Australia's military example regarding the US
Pyne says Australia not a 'strategic bludger', flags 'immense' opportunities if Trump expands US militaryAussie troops, US Army and Marines, fought Japanese forces in New Guinea in WWII (1942 to 1945)....
View ArticleTwo Donor Reports, 1. Kuznetsov, 2. Nuclear South Korea, Next Week
Great footage of Kuznetsov carrier operations.---Due to my too frequent (self-inflicted) Comment writing this week I've decided not to send out a Report (ending Friday 18 November). Instead I'll send...
View ArticleChinese Intelligence's Great Job in Australia - US Military Not Happy
Regarding Chinese Government special political activity in Australia, 2008 to the present. In 2008 Chinese diplomats mobilised and payed for 10,000s of pro-Beijing supporters (Chinese students) who...
View ArticleRussia's Kuznetsov aircraft carrier strike fighters now beached in Syria.
Admiral Kuznetsov's jet fighter airwing is now on land, probably at Russia's Khmeimim Air Base, Latakia, north coastal Syria (see map below). This Airbus/IHS photo is a reconnaissance satellite's view...
View ArticleIntelligence Vulnerabilities of Submariner Social Media Use
Social media activities of submariners and other employees who work at the SSBN Base at Kings Bay, Georgia, USA, need monitoring.---The telephone exchange closest to Kings Bay (on Base or at...
View ArticleSouth Korea's future nuclear missile response to North Korea
As South Korea is contemplating nuclear weapons might Israel assist it by developing the solid-fuel rocket, super or hypersonic, Popeye Turbo "cruise" missile for ROK horizontal torpedo tube submarine...
View ArticleRussia's giant Kanyon nuclear "drone"/torpedo a discarded 1950s concept
In the 1950s Russia initially developed its November class submarines to carry one nuclear tipped giant T-15 (1550mm diameter) torpedo to destroy Western ports and naval bases. See giant torpedo tube...
View ArticleGranit armed Oscar II class submarines confronting Western Carriers
Two huge Oscar II class submarines, with their 24 large Granit missiles (each) may be confronting two Western carrier groups. See the tiny human figures (bottom, right) for scale. See here for larger...
View ArticleDecember's Special Report to Donors, ISRAEL’S SECOND STRIKE CHOICES
Haifa, Israel's submarine base. Where it all begins.---Hi DonorsI've just emailed December's Special Report to Donors, ISRAEL’S SECOND STRIKE CHOICES, out to you as a WORD attachment. Please check your...
View ArticlePayne remover Pyne will become the sole Defence Minister
Defence Industry Minister, Christopher Pyne (left) and Defence Minister, Marise Payne uneasily sharing the defence portfolio. Even their names Pyne-Payne are uneasily similar. (Photo courtesy The...
View ArticleChina's Aims in Theft of Militarally Crucial USN Glider UUV
The "unclassified" LBS-Glider System that China stole. Note that in the Glider's description is the classified "Optimize ocean feature characterization for tactical and operational products for ASW,...
View ArticleNeeds of a future Chinese Conventional Submarine
What some considered a possible, future Chinese conventional submarine (SSK) in 2013 - when few knew the above was a Soryu cutaway. Most text above is in Chinese. Possible specifications: 3,400 t...
View ArticleMerry Christmas 2016. Have a Happy New Year 2017.
Christmas in Australia is in mid-summer. its really really hot. time for the beach and surfing.--- sometimes i miss the cold, snowy, christmases i had as a kid, bundled up, in west germany (in...
View ArticleHappy New Year - Brought to you by PLA-N's Nuclear Submarine Service
1. Next year (tomorrow, 1 January 2017) Submarine Matters will introduce much more content andcomment concerning China's People's Liberation Army Navy (PLA-N) submarine service.Much more needs to be...
View ArticleLiaoning carrier group 1 - First Exercise Beyong the First Island Chain
This is the first instalment of a week long series on the Chinese carrier Liaoning, its escorts and submarines.Submarines belonging to China, the US, Japan and possibly South Korea and Taiwan may all...
View ArticleThe Philippines - Closer to China and now to Russia
If China's progress in the South China Sea and with the Philippines is not enough Russia is also getting closer to the Philippines. This is partly marked by a major Russian ship visit to the...
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