Australian Future Submarine's Diesel Generator Requirements - PART ONE
HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL INTERESTED IN THE TECHNICAL AND POLITICAL ASPECTS OF SUBMARINES :)It is interesting to calculate the Australian Future Submarine's (was called Shortfin's) diesel generator...
View ArticleJeaumont Electric Have Aleady Won Australian Future Submarine's GENERATOR Order?
It may be comforting, or surprising, to look at past but still valid (?) large supplier Press Releases on Australia's Future Submarine program. On May 11, 2016 Submarine Matter's bolding crucial bits...
View ArticleAus Future Sub Suppliers? Federal Election. Excellent Mer et Marine Article
While looking at Jeumont Electric's May 9, 2016, Press Release on (Submarine Matters January 3, 2017) I noticed...
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Australian Future Sub's Diesel Generator Requirements - PART TWO
This article follows PART ONE, published January 3, 2018.The Australia’s Future Submarine (future sub) is very large for an SSK. So powerful diesel-generators in the 2MW class are desirable. This...
View ArticleUS Nuke Sub Backup Diesels - Possible Technology Path for Aus Future Subs
First published June 16, 2017 but still relevant. Large SSK diesels, already in use, including as backups in nuclear subs, are less risky than new diesels for Australian use only.Australia's...
View ArticleJanuary 2018 Donor Report: Table of Influences on Submarine Programs
Hi DonorsI have just sent you Submarine Matters' January 2018 Donor Report: TABLE OF INFLUENCES ON SUBMARINE PROGRAMSThis is the final Donor Report. I've enjoyed writing and sending Donor Reports, but...
View ArticleAustralian Future Subs Diesel Generator Requirements PART 0.5
This article is a necessary Prequel, which, in retrospect, I should have written before I wrote Australian Future Subs Diesel Generator Requirements PARTs ONE and TWOBasically greater definition of the...
View ArticleTrump’s Latest "Low-Yield" Nuclear War Ignition Policy Raises Questions
Just when people were becoming relaxed about mega-death via nuclear war, Trump alarms US allies, again. Trump appears to be stoking talk of low-yield nuclear weapons, which frequently overlap with the...
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Was it actually a North Korean submarine that entered Japan's contiguous zone?
Japan's Mainichi Newsreported January 11, 2018 that:"TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Chinese frigate and an unidentified foreign submerged submarine were spotted Thursday just outside Japanese territorial waters...
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False Alarm - Missile toward Hawaii - First details
False Missile against Hawaii warning - sent to Hawaiian, USA cell phones. More information on sensor or alarm chain of command errors will appear as it becomes available.---From Australia's ABC News...
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INS Arihant's Temporary Sinking Explains Arighat's Launch & Aridhaman's Delay
It seems the Indian Navy and broader government thought it wise to launch INS Arighat on November 19, 2017 in the then secret knowledge that INS Arihant has sunk at its moorings during a test in...
View ArticleSoryu LABs vs LIBs, AIP and Indiscretion Ratios
Anonymous has provided the following commentsfrom January 13 to 15, 2018 (with some further translation by Pete). This is on the interrelated issues of LABs vs LIBs, AIP and Indiscretion Ratios. The...
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Australian Submarine Expert, Senator Patrick, Forgets Johnson
Australia's government owned ABC News service reports, January 17, 2018, in part http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-17/submarine-delays-could-lead-to-cost-blowout-senator-says/9334240"The cost of...
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Japanese Soryu Higher Power Snorkel (Intake and Exhaust) Study
"wispywood2344" has drawn and labelled this very useful diagram of the Japan's top of the line Soryu class submarine. The diagram (minus the Stirling AIP) could represent the Japanese entrant...
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Suspicious Russian Submarine Fire, Vladivostok, Diesel Vapour? Battery Hydrogen?
KQN has drawn Submarine Matter's attention to a January 21, 2018 Russian claim that the Russian Navy intentionally set a Russian conventional, diesel-electric, Kilo class submarine on fire, on January...
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Chinese undersea sound surveillance sensors (SOSUS) near Guam
"The Chinese Academy of Sciences recently disclosed that underwater acoustic sensors have been monitoring sea activity near Guam since 2016."Source: Russia's SputnikNews relaying a Hong Kong, South...
View ArticleTension Between Western Delegations on Evacuation of Foreign Nationals from S...
This is an interesting matter between Western military, diplomatic and security agencies. It is within the context of sensitivities around the 2018 Winter Olympics (also see). These Olympics will be...
View ArticleAustralian Future Sub's Diesel Genset Requirements - PART THREE
The critical issues of providing sufficiently powerful and reliable diesels for Australian future submarines are complex. Unreliable diesels and generators seem to have been the main weakness of the...
View ArticleTranslation of Japanese J-Ships Article which uses Submarine Matters Articles
Tanaka (in a comment here) has kindly translated (from Japanese to English) an article by Isaku Okabe (a popular Japanese military critic) in the J-Ships February 2018 issue. J-Ships is a popular...
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Penske MTU 4000 competition to Kawasaki Diesel for Submarine - PART FOUR
Against my preference for Kawasaki diesels (see PART THREE) sourced through Naval Group’s European partner, MAN, is MTU/Penske/ASC’s promotion of the MTU 4000 for Australia’s future submarine. ASC’s...
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