French SSN Perle Fire Causes & Will Impact Australia's Attack-class Program
PETE COMMENTLooking at French sources (below) and the color of the smoke on a youtube/video (below) the June 12, 2020 fire on the French SSN submarine Perleappeared to be initially burning: of...
View ArticleDonald Trump DOES have incredibly high IQ.
The most prominent international news service of an American major ally, Germany, has published an article proving Trump’s high IQ can be compared to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's. *Deutsche Welle (DW)...
View ArticleTrump's Tulsa Tantrum - The People Failed Me.
How can Trump "Make America Great Again" if the volk don't turn up? Trump's father, Frederick Christ Trump ( his real name :), once told his fuming son that Hitler, in the Berlin Bunker Blamed the...
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Extra Issues: Singapore's 218SG (Invincible-class) Submarines
The 218SGs largest cutaway diagram (above – click here for a greatly enlarged image) (Cutaway courtesy...
View ArticleAustralian "Perisher" Course Officers on Dutch COVID-19 Infected Submarine?
Australian submarine command officer candidates regularly attend the Submarine Command [“Perisher”] Course held on board the Dutch conventional submarine Dolphin. The course starts in February each...
View ArticleTrump's Russia Links: US Intelligence Despair
Here is part of an excellent analysis by Stephen Collinson, of CNN, on June 30, 2020, at https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/30/politics/donald-trump-russia-taliban-phone-calls/index.html regarding: "New...
View ArticleFresh Arms News from Singapore's Defense Ministry
A big thanks to Shawn C for providing fresh news from Singapore’s Ministry of Defense:1. Overseas exercises will restart soon after the COVID-19 caused delays - see...
View ArticleNew Chinese National Security Laws for Hong Kong Now in Force
Reuters, July 1, 2020 reports in part https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-hongkong-security/china-passes-sweeping-hong-kong-security-law-heralding-new-authoritarian-era-idUSKBN2412UD with Pete's...
View ArticleTaiwan's Wishful Thinking US Will Defend If China Attacks
The South China Morning Post (published in Hong Kong), June 30, 2020 reports:"Taiwan warned against ‘wishful thinking’ that US will come to rescue if China attacks""Su Chi, former secretary general of...
View ArticleGood Time For China To Invade Taiwan, BUT.
In response to Anonymous's interesting comments of July 1, 2020 that it is an unfavourable time for China to invade Taiwan, I say:Thanks AnonymousTaking your points in turn:i) true that China is...
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Singapore's Future Multi-Role Combat Vessel (MRCV) Issues
Following Pete’s article there were 2 major comments on July 2, 2020, regarding Singapore’s proposed Multi-Role Combat Vessel (MRCV). Singapore hopes the MRCV will be operational by 2027 - so the...
View ArticleLaika/Husky Article Appears Oblivious of Yasen Project.
This article https://news.yahoo.com/did-russia-us-sneak-peak-200000856.html mentions Russia's proposed Laika/Husky project which was meant to be smaller and cheaper than the Yasens and slowly replace...
View ArticleIs the US President Moral?
Facts, not muckraking, define the boy a minority of Americans voted for in 2016.Now its 2020.But American voters can recall Trump married Melania, January 22, 2005 after becoming engaged in 2004:a)...
View ArticleFear of China, US Isolationism, Drive Up Australian Defence Budget
So what is Australian Prime Minister Morrison's very long public speech, delivered on July 1, 2020, all about?A. Basically the increasing fear of China, a China playing hardball:- in Hong Kong, in...
View ArticleEden-Monaro By-Election: Gov Lost on Preferences-Bushfires Link
On July 4, 2020 the seat of Eden-Monaro in NSW, Australia, had a By-Electiondue to the resignation of the sitting Labor Member, Mike Kelly. Eden-Monaro (E-M) is a key electoral seat/district in...
View ArticleCoronavirus Limerick
This month my local poetry group are writing their own limericks. Limericks are usually at the lightweight, funny, frequently rude end of poetry, but they don't need to be.I penned the following...
View ArticleGreat Attack Class Submarine Update
See https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/07/attack-class-submarine-program-moving-forward/ dated July 7, 2020
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US V-22 Ospreys for Indonesian Makassar-class LPDs?
Shawn C advised offline on July 7/8, 2020 of a possible sale of US Osprey tiltrotors to Indonesia.Further details from Stars and Stripes, July 7, 2020...
View ArticleUS Sanctions: India, China; PLAN Political Commissars
Following Shawn C's comments, offline, on Ospreys for Indonesian Makassar LPDs yesterday, Shawn C has two more comments, along the lines:1. Speaking of the Russians - the US sanctioned China for...
View ArticleChina Economically Risky: Japan-Australia Business Strengthen Ties: Details
Anonymous, on July 9, 2020 commented:Noting the growing US-China confrontation and as a pathway for Japan, Yukimitsu Sanada (Professor, Department of Business, Aichi Shukutoku University) [1] proposed...
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