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March 2017 Report: Nuclear Cruise Missiles - the Greatest Submarine Threat
Pakistan's dangerous Babur 3 cruise missile (SLCM) enjoys its reportedly successful test in January 2017.---Hi DonorsI've just emailed Submarine Matters' March 2017 Report: Nuclear Cruise Missiles –...
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Might Australia's ASC Help the Netherlands Build Replacement Submarines?
The Netherlands still assists Taiwan in upgrades and maintenance for Taiwan's two Dutch built Hai Lung classsubmarines. Above are amounts in Euros the Netherlands charged for these services. These...
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The Saudis May Eventually Buy DCNS Scorpene Submarines.
The Saudi Royal/political leadership meet Malaysia's main politicians in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, February 26, 2017. (Photo courtesy Reuters via Malay Mail Online).---The Saudi Arabian Navy is well...
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When is peacetime damage to a submarine major?
HMCS Corner Brook after the accident. Sonar smashed (Photo at Canada's CBC News)---When is serious, serious? The submarine didn't catastrophically rupture as the article argues, but...HMCS Corner Brook...
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Potential Concerns Over Australia-France Shortfin Cooperation Agreements
Australia wants to avoid weapon supply-intellectual property worries - from subs down to infantry weapons. On the latter a Vietnam veteran recalls “The 84mm Carl Gustaf Anti-Tank weapon [above]...
View ArticleAdvise to Saudi Arabia on Acquiring Submarines, Minisubs or UUVs
Youtube of a late January 31, 2017 suicide boat attack (20 seconds in) by Iranian backed Houthi rebels. This damaged a Saudi frigate off the coast of Yemen and killed two Saudi sailors. If the Saudis...
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Current/Potential Saudi, Chinese & Pakistani Military Cooperation Increasing
Tactical Report reports: "Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz, who also acts as Defence Minister, held talks with Chinese Defence Minister General Chang Wanquan on 31/8/16 in...
View ArticleBangladesh's 2 Ming Submarines are part Chinese Crewed
COMMENTChina is putting India's two nuclear submarines (INS Arihant and INS Chakra II) at Fleet Base East, Vishakhapatnam, Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean, under regular surveillance and kinetic threat of...
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China-Philippines Relations Poor - Chinese oil & submarine channel surveying
China is disadvantaged in being far from its main Persian Gulf sources of oil. Go here, scroll 1/4 way down and click on "China" tab. The Indian, and even more so, US navies can, in the Indian Ocean,...
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CEO of DCNS Australia's Sean Costello Quits Early
Drawing from the (Adelaide) Advertiser's, March 20, 2017 article:Sean Costello, now former CEO of DCNS Australia, surprisingly quit on March 17, 2017. Because he lead the team that won the $50 Billion...
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"Fourth" new Indonesian Submarine to be Built
PT PAL shipyard at Surabaya, Java, Indonesia. PT PAL will assemble Indonesia's third Improved Chang Bogo (Type 209) submarine and hopes to build a fourth (and following) Type 209s.---.Indonesia’s state...
View ArticleSORYU-Oyashio Build, Launched and Commissioned Table
SORYU-Oyashio TABLE as at March 22, 2017SSNo.Build NoNamePennantNo.MoF approved amount ¥ Billions & FYLABs, LIBs, AIPLaid DownLaun-chedCommi-ssionedBuiltBy5SS Oyashio8105 OyashioSS-590/...
View ArticleComparison of Soryu Modes of Electrical Propulsion Table
On March 16-17, 2017 Anonymous made some comments that I have semi-translated and turned into a table.The rows below show:- current Soryu Mark 1s (Stirling AIP & LABs) - future Soryu Mark 2s...
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Japan's Carrier JS Izumo to Defy China
In May 2017 Japan will despatch the carrier JS Izumo to run a type of Freedom of Navigation Operation (FONOPs) against China's new empire on sea. Japan continues to develop and increase the size of its...
View ArticleMight Nuclear tipped SLCMs Deter the Chinese Bully?
Nuclear tipped Tomahawks are featured 40 seconds in.---Even compared to Trump China is a more extreme and unsubtle bully in its foreign relations with less powerful nations in the Asia-Pacific....
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Indian Submarine Propulsion Reactor Needs - Arihant, Aridhaman & Chakra II
Photo of "S-1"land based prototype reactor at Kalpakkam for India's Advanced Technology Vessel (ATV) (Arihant) Program. S-1 went critical on November 11, 2003, was declared operational on September...
View ArticleSouth Korea to be 2nd Country To Install LIBs for Submarines
Anonymous reported on March 25, 2017 that China, South Korea (SK) and Japan are all developing next generation batteries. SK is developing a submarine that uses Lithium-ion Batteries (LIBs). Anonymous...
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Peter Jennings' Australia-Japan Strategic Cooperation Commentary
China is not the only country that claims and builds on islands, reefs and shoals in the South China Sea. Above is a map of the Spratly Islands, South China Sea. What looks like the US Stars and...
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Poland May Buy 2 Used Australian Frigates - HMAS Melbourne & Newcastle?
COMMENTSThe Polish announcement of the possible sale to Poland of two used Australian Adelaide-class frigates (based on the US Oliver Hazard Perry-class) comes as a pleasant surprise. The two frigates...
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Indian submarine update - Slow progress commissioning.
PETE COMMENTIndia is facing a rapidly increasing submarine threat from:- Chinese SSNs and SSKs visiting (and perhaps patrolling) the Indian Ocean- 2 x Ming SSKs just commissioned into the Bangladesh...
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