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SSKs are Good For Intelligence Ops: HMS Onyx - Falklands War
The UK designed Oberon class sub HMS Onyx. (Photo courtesy RN Subs).---Submarines are very capable at Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), traditional Human Intelligence (HUMINT) operations as well as...
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Thailand's Mini-submarine Requirements - Possible Foreign Suppliers
A newbuild South Korean HHI HDS-400 (400 tonne surfaced or submerged?) mini-sub may be what Thailand may buy. Or perhaps a modernised version of the 1980s Russian Piranha/Losos mini-sub (photo above)....
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Crimean War 1850s - No Wonder Russia Occupied Crimea 2014
The Charge of the Light Brigade, 1854 by Richard Caton Woodville (1856-1927), (Published by Henry Greaves and Co, London, 1895).---Its no wonder that Russia risked international pariah status in 2014...
View ArticleAs Predicted New Zealand Buying 4 P-8 Poseidons as its main MPA Force
As predicted in January 2017 when I said "I think NZ buying 4 x P-8 Poseidon MPAs is more likely...This is noting NZ's main ally, Australia, is buying the P-8."The New Zealand Defence Minister, Ron...
View ArticleUS diplomats secretly meet Afghan Taliban. What of Afghan IS?
The INTELNEWS, July 31, 2018 article US diplomats secretly met with Taliban without Afghan government is interesting.PETE COMMENTThe US and coalition allies have been faced with a never ending war in...
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Facebook calls efforts subverting next US elections a ‘new arms race’
2015-2016 In preperation for US November 2016 Presidential ElectionDiagram below illustrates how Cambridge Analytica, on behalf of Trump and Russia, hijacked 50+ million Facebook profiles prior to US...
View ArticleRussia to Help Philippines in Submarine Operations & Maintenance
The announcement that Russia will train some Philippine naval personnel to be future submariners opens many opportunities for cultivation towards eventual recruitment by Russian intelligence (by GRU?)....
View ArticleLockheed Martin Likely Helping With Taiwan Future Submarine Project
Pete has been working with Sebastien Roblin to produce a National Interestarticle of August 4, 2018, which includes the points: "...the United States, is willing to assist in building submarines [for...
View ArticleArtificial "Whiskers" to Detect Submarine and AUV Movement
A disappearing Economist paysite article on artificial seal whiskers and submarine movement detection prompted Pete to find similar information on a free site.So I located a 3DPRINT.COM articleof...
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Germany's Six Submarines: Some Becomming Operational
The German Type 212A submarine U 35 at Kiel shipyard. Note its X-plane tail for greater manoeuvrability, particularly on the Baltic seabed and between the rocks.---Pete CommentsMatthias has kindly...
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HPS-106 Radar Issues on the Japanese P-1 MPA
The nose of the Japanese P-1 maritime patrol aircraft houses the main Toshiba/TRDI HPS-106 active electronically scanned array (AESA) search radar. Source: j-hangarspace.jpPhotos and descriptions...
View ArticleHunting Australia's Elusive but Failed Airbus Tiger Helicopter
Despite France usually building successful aircraft, from 11 minutes 17 seconds in you'll see the Tiger "Tigre", including Australia's mistakeat 12 minutes 25 seconds in buying it and keeping...
View ArticleAustralia past the mid 2020s - Some Strategic Thoughts - One of Five
China’s rising military and economic forces prove too powerful regionally by the time Trump (or an isolationist like him) ends the Presidential term in February 2025.The US will place continuity of...
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South Korea to Reportedly Launch Its German Designed 3,000 ton submarine in...
South Korean claims that it indigenously (locally) designed its third generation attack submarine, about to be launched in September 2018, owes much to South Korean pride and German sensitivities....
View ArticleNuclear Tipping Points North then South Korea, Japan? Australia? 2 of 5
Nuclear weapons proliferate to new countries due to several variables:- long term strategic competition (eg. India vs Pakistan, Russia vs US vs China, India vs China, Israel vs eventually Iran,...
View ArticleA New Australian PM May Revisit the Naval Group Future Submarine Decision
Australia's latest political instabilities are again causing worry, quick meetings and rewritten briefs by journalists, bureaucrats, admirals and foreign diplomats in Canberra. Australia has had 6 new...
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Scott Morrison May only be Temporary New Prime Minister of Australia
Ex-Prime Minister Turnbull (left) replaced by Scott Morrison (right)(Photos courtesy Agency France Press via the BBC) ---Carrying on from yesterday, today potential for further instability in the...
View ArticleStatus Quo Retained in Australia's Adelaide centric Naval Shipbuilding
After the political chaos last week - there is likely to be little disruption to Australia's Adelaide centric shipbuilding program under the new ministry selected by Scott Morrison. Facilities are...
View ArticleAnti-Torpedo Devices
Submarines do note merely launch offensive technologies (torpedos, missiles, mines and AUVs).Submarines, particularly in high threat environments (Mediterranean, Red and Baltic seas) utilize a number...
View ArticleSome Thinking on Australian Nuclear Weapons History - 3 of 5
Following Australia past the mid 2020s - Some Strategic Thoughts parts 1and 2of 5 the question is posedNorth Korea and Trump's Surprises are unnerving the East Asian - Australian region towards a...
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