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India less happy with Russian PAK FA, Buying Fewer
PAK FA (T-50) estimated specifications made in 2009 - very similar to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAK_FA#Specifications now that PAK FA has had semi-public test flights.----------------Robert Farley...
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Russian submarine development, Rubin designer's views
Comparison of US and Russian submarine sizes. Note the massive difference between the conventional Russian Kilo and nuclear US Ohio and Russian Typhoon.------------Sergey Sukhanov, "responsible for the...
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Australian media debate on efficiency of Collins submarine
Steve Ludlum, Managing Director and Chief Executive of the Australian Submarine Corporation (ASC).-------------A Collins submarine at the Australian Submarine Corporation's (ASC's) shipyard in...
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Vietnam's First Kilo Submarine Arrives
Vietnam's first Kilo submarine Hanoi about to be floated off heavy lift vessel Rolldock Sea.------------Vietnam's first Kilo submarine Hanoi with Cam Ranh port (naval base) in the...
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Balanced article on Aus Future Sub - "evolved Collins"
Plan of the current Collins submarine. What will an evolved Collins look like?----------Might an evolved Collins look like this? With a VLS cruise or ballistic land attack capability.------------I've...
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Indonesia revisits buying Kilo submarines.
Several countries operate Kilos - main users being India (pictured), China, Iran and of course Russia.- This website has looked at many Asia-Pacific submarine forces, including those of:- Australia -...
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Taiwan's Aging Submarine Force Limited by Mainland China
One of Taiwan's two aging ex US Guppy Class submarines at left. Two, more modern, Chien Lung ("Sea Dragon") class submarines on the right.---------Dramatic shot of a Seahawk helicopter lowering a line...
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Extreme athletic skills at Sochi Olympics
The following text and graphics are courtesy of Lucy Fahey and Lincoln Archer from Australia's ABC online at http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-02-07/sochi-winter-olympics-superhuman/5245428"Here are...
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Fourth North Korean Nuclear Test from late April 2014?
North Korea’s Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site: Significant Acceleration in Excavation Activity; No Test Indicators but significant increase in soil excavated by comparing size of "Dec 2013 Spoil Addition"...
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Indonesia to build a Chang Bogo Submarine and Uncertainty
Numbers of Attack Submarines in 2009 (orange blocks) and Projected for 2025 (red blocks). Note key Indonesian politicians and admirals project 12 Indonesian submarines by 2025.--Model of a DSME Chang...
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China's Submarines - Excellent Danish Report
An crucial characteristic of submarines is quieting . See quieting improvements for diesel-electric propelled Chinese and Russian submarines (above) and nuclear propelled (below). The green area...
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Saab Being Subsidized To Buy Back Kockums?
A possible design for Kockums' A26. Will it ever be built? (Courtesy of Kockums' website ) Christopher Harress of International Business Times, March 3, 2014 reports...
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High Tech US Anti-Satellite Weapons - GSAP
In late February 2014 US Air Force Space Command (AFSPC ) commander General William Shelton (above) has provided details about the new geosynchronous space situational awareness program (GSSAP) at the...
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Fire emergency aboard Australian submarine HMAS Waller - Feb 2014
PETE'S COMMENTOn February 27, 2014 a fire occurred in the forward battery compartment of Austrialia's Collins submarine HMAS Waller. Fires in submarine battery compartments can be caused by the release...
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Malaysia's two Scorpenes - delivered 2009
Malaysia's first submarine, KDTunku Abdul Rahman, docks in Port Klang outside KualaLumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, September 3, 2009.-PETE'S COMMENTMalaysia has a modest submarine force consisting of two...
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Indian Tritium Exports to the US?
Tritium is just one of the the essential ingredients of the Swan Device - the Swan acts as the "primary" in a two stage thermonuclear ("H") Bomb (see one below). The vast majority of nuclear weapons...
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Corporate Battle Between SAAB and TKMS
Photo of Joakim WohlfeilBirgitta Forsberg of affars Valdern (translated from Swedish) March 12, 2014 reports http://www.affarsvarlden.se/hem/nyheter/article3811470.ece : "Thyssen Krupp ask FMV stop...
View ArticleChinese Reconnaissance, Surveillance or "Spy" Satellites
China fields several reconnaissance satellite systems, including the Shijiuns, Shiyans, Yaogans and Ziyuans, The BeiDou or Beidou Navigation Satellite System (above) is also very military related....
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Some Doubt Whether Australia Will Build 12 Future Submarines
Australia's Defence Minister David Johnston - prepared to speak out on submarines.---------Australia's Defence Minister David Johnston is one of the principal decision makers on current and future...
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Swedish Cabinet responding to Russians or Submarine Industry?
Five instead of two A26s? (Graphics courtesy of TKMS-Kockums website) Events in Crimea and Ukraine have increased concerns in Sweden about the possibility of an increased conventional military threat...
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