Philippines may buy Russian subs and Thais buying Chinese
A gradual submarine arms buildup is continuing among Southeast Asian countries. Southeast Asian countries already owning submarines include Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam. This buildup also...
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Stray magnetic fields undersirable in submarine lead-acid battery use.
Electrical currents in a submarine’s electrical equipment, especially in its batteries, can induce stray magnetic fields. Above are used batteries at main battery supplier to Collins submarines, PMB...
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Visit to HMAS OTWAY Holbrook (Oberon) Submarine Museum
HMAS OTWAY at her Holbrook home.---In the first of Pete's long distance submarine quests he travelled 100s of kms into Australia's semi-desert to visit a huge (in its time) Oberon class submarine. For...
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Duterte invites China to patrol southern Philippine seas shared with Malaysia...
COMMENTOver the last 24 hours Philippine President Duterte has exceeded even Trump's best brainstorms by inviting Chinese ships to patrol the Philippines southern shared seas against pirate, Islamist...
View ArticleFebruary 2017 Report: Germany’s Joint Submarine Order Won the Norwegian Order
Germany's and Italy's Type 212 in action. Soon Norway will join the exclusive 212 owners club!---Hi DonorsI've just emailed Submarine Matters'February 2017 Report:Germany’s Joint Submarine Order Won...
View ArticleLack of Swedish Success Selling Submarines to Scandinavia and Poland, Japan?
Pete distributed Submarine Matters' Report to Donors, Germany’s Joint Submarine Order Won the Norwegian Order on February 6, 2017.ONEIL PADILLA’S COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS After reading it this Report...
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China adopting Lithium-ion Batteries (LIBs) for Submarine
China's 335 kg WB-LYP10000AHA Lithium-ion Battery (LIB) being developed for (or already in) China's 2nd batch of Yuan class submarines. China is also marketing this battery to Russia, presumably for...
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Possible Arrangement of Lithium-ion Batteries in Japanese Submarines
Diagram of possible shape of a Lithium-ion Battery (LIB) for a Japanese submarine. Note its 8 cells are in blue. This is from a January 2017 article on wispywood2344’s blog,...
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Already a submarine named TRUMP
President Trump the Tweeter would be unaware that a successful submarine carried his name. Above is the Trump submarine badge/coat of arms. Note the sails and hull of the Trump "Ship of State" on top...
View ArticleBritish Submarine Nuclear Reactor Firm’s Nuclear Links With China
Drawing from a World Nuclear Newsreportof February 14, 2017: Having recorded a loss of $5.7 billion in 2016 Rolls-Royce saw itself as fortunate that it is expanding its nuclear reactor ventures with...
View ArticleTwo types of Japanese Lithium-ion Batteries Being Considered
The video "Why Japan’s Soryu Class Submarines Are So Good "Black Dragon" was published on Oct 3, 2016. See it being launched in video, numbered SS-506. Good on Soryu specifications, modifications for...
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Update on Australia’s SEA1180 Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) selection process
Damen's OPV 1800 (Artwork courtesy Damen) is a possibility for Australia's Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) competition. Damen also offers the OPV 1800 Sea Axe and the 90m Sigma class. Damen has been...
View ArticlePerformance Table, Lithium-ion Batteries (LIBs) vs Lead-acid Batteries (LABs)
From Anonymous’s comments on February 12, 2017.Anonymous estimated performance for a submarine that will have new Lithium-ion Batteries (LIBs) no AIP – see Table 1. The first such submarine can be...
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China - foreign Submarines & UUVs transiting South China Sea Must Surface
China has, unilaterally claimed "water areas" or "territorial waters" of the South China Sea within its "Nine dash line". (Map courtesy GeoGarage).---In an excellent post that will create headaches for...
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Philippine Navy - Acquiring New Ships Armed With Missiles and Torpedos
A South Korean HHI HDF-3000 frigate which carries missiles and torpedos, The Philippines is buying two. (Photo courtesy rhk111's Military and Arms Page)---The Philippine Navy’s (PN’s) recent interest...
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Midlife Overhaul for Dutch Submarines - Operational to 2025
A Walrus class submarine moving quickly. At 2,450 short tons (surfaced), 2,800 tons (submerged), with a crew of 49 to 60 - in Europe the Walrus is a uniquely large SSK class.---A 25 February 2017...
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German, French, Spanish, Reformer Fuel Cell AIP, Japanese LIBs
Advanced French AIP proposal. “Simplified” Layout of Diesel Fuel Processing Equipment (Diesel Fuel Autothempermal Reformer – SOFC). Layout and description courtesy Bakst Engineering.--- INTRODUCTIONThe...
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Dutch Submarine Talks With TKMS & Kockums, not with DCNS.
If TKMS were selected by the Netherlands to build a new Dutch submarine its size is likely to be between the 2,000 tons (surfaced) Type 218 and the 3,000 ton (surfaced) DSX-3000 that TKMS is likely...
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Australia's Electricity Crisis Rapidly Worsening - Higher Aged Death Rates
Sources of energy in eastern Australia in 2015-2016. In South Australia the "gray" gas power stations have more recently been switched off, taking too long to restart. This has made South Australia...
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Australian Growler Jamming Aircraft to Work With Australian F-35s
Diagram courtesy of bring_it_on's post [of 28th April 2014, 13:17] at Aviation Forum.---COMMENTLike SeaWeb there is what I call a Western "AirWeb" in which jamming aircraft, F-35s and new production...
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