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July 2017 Donor Report: Naval Group To Handle Whole Submarine Build (So Far)
Images of ASC Pty Ltd as seen in the white pages of the phonebook. ASC has been leaning more to shipbuilding (rather than submarine building) for years. Therefore should ASC now call itself "Australian...
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Future South Korea Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarine - Could Hit China
An Anonymous commenton 1 July 2017 12:35 AM has prompted me to consider the issue of South Korea building a nuclear tipped ballistic missile capability.South Korea has laid down its third KSS-III(also...
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Could Australia be Pyne's major weapons exporter? Unlikely.
ARTICLESThe Guardian (Australian edition) July 17, 2017 and The Canberra Times, July 15, 2017 have reported that:Australia's Defence Industry Minister, Christopher Pyne, has voiced enthusiasm about...
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Walrus Replacement Submarine Program Delayed But Desperate
This article follow comments by special Netherlands' correspondent Kevin on July 17, 2017, below Submarine Matters articleDutch Submarine Talks With TKMS & Kockums, not with DCNS of March 2,...
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Trump is Putin's Best Agent of Disruption
As Russia's democratically re-elected Leader for Life, Putin, can take the long view, developing long term projects. Putin’s triumphant project is Trump. Putin is at heart a jokester, really.Trump is...
View ArticleIndia Finally Issues Submarine Project P-75I (I for India) Request for...
In the last 24 hours India's Deccan Herald and other quality Indian news outlets have carried an important Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) announcement. My comments are in [...] brackets.India's MoD...
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Russia's Haphazard Process for the 3 Type Husky Program
Russia's submarine programs continue to be haphazard with Husky the latest envisaged.NATIONAL INTERST ARTICLEDave Majumdar for National Interest has written a fine article How Russia's New Husky-Class...
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Chinese-Russian Joint Sea 2017 Naval Exercise Worries Balts
China and Russia have been cementing their unholy naval alliance with regular exercises. The live fire “Joint Sea 2017” July 22 to July 28, is the latest. It is being held far from China, in the Baltic...
View Article3D printers and "Amateur" bio-weapons
And now something (non-North Korean nuclear tipped submarine launched missile) to worry about, in future:"Amateur 'biohackers' who tinker with the genetic make-up of living organisms could develop new...
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Some Wonders of the New Ford Class Carrier
So much can be said about the first Ford class supercarrier commissioned July 22, 2017. But I won't cover all. Instead I'll lift a few choice facts from National Interest.The lead ship, Gerald R. Ford...
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August 2017 Donor Report: Chinese UUVs – More Than Just Gliders
Hi DonorsI've just emailed Submarine Matters August 2017 Donor Report: Chinese UUVs – More Than Just Gliders out to you, as a WORD attachment. Please check your spam bin if you don't see it in your IN...
View ArticleUnpopular Abe weakening Japans arms selling ability?
Japanese Prime Minister Abe’s drop in popularity leading to a weaker position in Japan’s Parliament (Diet) may reverse his successes in:- sending Japanese military forces overseas on UN duties, and-...
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Indonesia's Submarine Buying Strategy Makes Little Sense
Ever since Indonesia decided to buy 3 Improved Chang Bogo Type 209 variants from South Korea’s DSME (on December 20, 2011) decisions by many Indonesians involved have been a puzzle. The Indonesians...
View ArticleIs Trump Right to Threaten North Korea?
COMMENTFor decades no economic sanctions or diplomacy from the Western world has stopped North Korea developing nuclear weapons or developing surface-to-surface or submarine-missile delivery...
View ArticleAustralia would support the US Against North Korea, Prime Minister Turnbull...
Over the last 24 hours Australia's Prime Minister Turnbull has declared that Australia, as an ally of the US, would come to the aid of the US, if the US went to war with North Korea (NK).Turnbull's...
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Against North Korea Nuclear Deterrence Surer Than Ballistic Missile Defences
Shooting down NK ballistic missiles with AEGIS - SM-3 then THAAD in the boost phase and beginning of the mid flight phase is probably the best chance to shoot down the missiles. But still difficult to...
View ArticleImprovements & Higher Costs of Soryu Mark IIs Over Mark Is
Based on Anonymous commentsof August 11-12, 2017 I have compiled TABLE 1 below. For an overview of the Soryu program see TABLE 2 below that:Soryu Mark IIs are likely to cost more than US$91 million =...
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Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) Missiles Unviable for Australia
Running parallel to the threat of North Korean missiles to the US Guam territory issue is a sporadic, ill-informed Australian domestic debate on the viability of any Australian ballistic missile...
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Australian Naval Shipbuilding Essential In So Many Ways
Comments (of 6/8/17 1:39 AM and 11/8/17 1:20 AM) below Submarine Matters' article Could Australia be Pyne's major weapons exporter? Unkikely.have prompted me to write about the advantages of building...
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USS McCain Collision: Equipment and Human Error Suspected
With the August 21, 2017 collision between USS John S. McCain and Alnic MC there's more tragedy for US sailors and embarrassment for the US Navy. This being the second US destroyer collision in just...
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