Rocket Launch Failures Only Temporary
All countries' rocket launches fail many times, at first. See failures 15 seconds in.---Then things go right to a glorious soundtrack, The Planets by Holst. Hear Mars at 50 seconds, in above Youtube....
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Australia's John Millman Triumphs Over Roger Federer - US Open Tennis
John Millman (above) - amazing win over Roger Federer (below) (Photos courtesy https://twitter.com/ATPWorldTour)At the US Open tennis today Australia's John Millman (52nd in the world) triumphed over...
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US-Indian IUSS China detecting Link completed from Port Blair to Chennai
With the completion of the Port Blairto Chennai undersea IUSS sensor cable link (see Map A below) India and the US have concluded political/technical agreements to most fully exploit it. USNS...
View ArticleChinese Navy Welcomed to Australian Exercise KAKADU 2018
To the beat of a didgeridoo here is the Youtube trailer for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN's) Exercise KAKADU 2018.---A country's military power - most clearly symbolised by nuclear weapons -...
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Chinese Photos of a "Stretched Kilo" More Likely a Yuan Submarine
On September 12, 2018 H I Sutton at Covert Shores commented that Chinese IMAGE A (below) (also see at the Chinese website) reveals a stretched KILO class submarine. This is a bold claim, because the...
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Likely Extra Specifications for South Korean 3,000-ton KSS-III Submarine
No big surprises so far. Although if the South Korean 3,000 tonne, KSS-III has Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) that may beat the latest Japanese Soryu (27SS) - with this Soryu likely to be launched in...
View ArticleResearch Student accused conspiring to export to Iran US radar technology
From Australia's Government owned ABC News comes a Queensland, Australia article about a research student facing charges of allegedly conspiring to export special amplifiers classified as "defence...
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South Korea's nuclear ambiguity for its submarine missiles, until?
South Korea's intentionally ambiguous mixture of usually conventional Hyunmoo cruise missiles and usually nuclear Hyunmoo ballistic missiles. (See greatly expanded image by clicking Missile Threat (the...
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Japan conducted South China Sea Exercises in 2016 & 2017, North K?
Thanks Anonymous for the Comment today drawing my attention to footnote [3]Tom O’Connor’s September 17, 2018 Newsweek article "China And North Korea Warn Japan As It Conducts Historic Military Drills"...
View ArticleJapan retrofitting its Izumo carriers to take F-35Bs increasingly likely
Above is a very informative May 7, 2018 Youtube on the possibility of basing F-35Bs on Japan's Izumo class "helicopter destroyers".---Anonymous’s commentof September 21, 2018 drew my intention to...
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Current and future F-35B Operations in and around Japan
Thanks Anonymous for your September 21, 2018 comment which drew me to the Yomiuri Shimbun'sJapan Newsarticle of December 28, 2018 on: [Japanese] "Govt eyes converting Izumo to aircraft carrier"This...
View ArticleINS Arihant Wouldn't Operate in 2018 Without Russia's Huge Technical Help
Indians with access to the facts have long stated Russian contractors gave major help in building Indian submarines INS Arihant and developing its reactor.RAKESH KRISHNAN SIMHA's, October 26, 2015...
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Australia's Changing Pacific Island Strategy in Response to China
Australia since 1990 has been allocating large military resources to US led counter-insurgency, counter-terrorism and drug interdiction ventures in Horn of Africa waters, Iraq and Afghanistan. The...
View ArticleExplanation of Japan's Broader Hayabusa2 Research of Ryuga Asteroid
Japan’s Space Agency (JAXA) successfully dropped (see video above) two mini rovers (known as MINERVA-II1A and MINERVA-II1B) from its Hayabusa2 spacecraft, onto the asteroid Ryugu this week. See...
View ArticlePredictions since 2016 of Japanese Assistance for Taiwan's Submarine Program
In Submarine Matter’s article of September 21, 2016 “Taiwan's Teardrop Style Future Submarine - Japanese Assistance?” I wrote:“MIGHT JAPAN ASSIST?A December 5, 2015 a DefenseNews article indicated:...
View ArticleJapanese Contractors to Help Taiwan's Submarine Project
Drawing on articles located by Anonymous on September 25, 2018, points to:A Taiwan Newsarticle“Experts from Japanese companies Mitsubishi, Kawasaki to join Taiwan submarine project” of August 21, 2018,...
View ArticlePoland's ORKA Submarine Competition Limping Along
Poland seems to be moving very slowly on its "ORKA" Project to buy 3 medium sized submarines to replace its decrepid Kobben class subs (on average 54 year old with 2 (ORP Sokół and ORP Bielik)operating...
View ArticleImpasse Between France and Australia on Huge Submarine Project
Andrew Greene, Defence Reporter for Australian Government owned ABC News, has written the following excellent article, dated September 29, 2018:...
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Firmer Details of Japanese Contractors for Taiwan's Submarine Program -...
Photo of CSBC’s Kaohsiung shipyard where Taiwan's new submarines will likely be built. (Photo courtesy George Mourndreas & Company S.A.) ---Anonymous has kindly provided comments below this...
View ArticleTaiwan's Submarine Project: Confirmed and Unconfirmed Details
Anonymous, on September 29, 2018, provided for Taiwan's Indigenous Defense Submarine (IDS) Project:- confirmed details of Taiwan hiring Japanese, and US contractors and- unconfirmed details of hiring...
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