US Sharply Increases South China Sea Activities Pre-Election
Its not all China's fault. The sharp increase of US July activities has much to do with November 3rd.Of course it takes 2 sides for a confrontation.See...
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Canadian Submarine Choices - Part One
Over the next three days I'll write about the Canadian submarine environment and choices.Up until 1960's Canadians who wished to be submariners would need to be part of the UK Royal Navy (RN), be...
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Canadian Submarine Choices (Oberons) - Part Two
Following Part One between 1957-1960 Canada decided to buy its own submarines. Canada chose Britain's Oberon-class for a number of reasons including:- the Oberons were the latest class Britain were...
View ArticleCanadian Submarine Choices (SSNs) - Part Three
Following Canada's purchase of 3 Oberon SSKs in the 1960s in the 1980s Canada explored the purchase of 10 nuclear propelled attack submarines (SSNs). Many issues surrounding the "Canada-class" SSN...
View ArticleWhite House Spokeswoman on Trump's Special Gifts
Language Warning - White House Spokeswoman speaks bluntly about Trump's special gifts:at https://youtu.be/dpIkl2QnJeI and also below.
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India's (DRDO's) Alleged Submarine Pumpjet Design
Hi Arpit KanodiaThanks for your August 5, 2020 pumpjet links.Re your info “several people now murmuring that this DRDO developed Pumpjet will go into [future Indian SSBNs] S3 and S4 - and most probably...
View ArticleSouth Korean Nuclear Propelled Submarine: Renewed Interest
Since 2015 I've been looking at the possibility of a nuclear propelled South Korean (SK) submarine (called KSS-N) which is larger than SK's KSS-III (see Submarine Matters'References below).In 2015 I...
View ArticleA Double Agent in Cold War Australia
Submarine Matters is also interested in counterintelligence.1. Below is a great article, with all the ingredients, about Russian spies and even a East European proxy, operating in Australia during the...
View ArticleS. Korean & Japanese Nuclear Submarine Propulsion & Weapons
Hi Tri-ring and Anonymous (your August 11, 2020 comments on Japanese and South Korean submarines nuclear propulsion possibilities).1. Tri-ring I think it much more likely Japan and South Korea will...
View ArticleMy Concerns About Adelaide Naval Security Vulnerability Vindicated
Looks like my June 9, 2019article "Security Observations: Osborne Naval Shipyard & Edinburgh RAAF Base, Adelaide", at...
View ArticleSingapore Surface Navy - Part One
This is the first part of a two part series of Singapore Surface Navy articles, all drawing heavily on very interesting comments made by Benjamin. There is also mention of some Singaporean Army and...
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Singapore-Australian Strategic Relations - Impressions
Some impressions about relations with Singapore:1. Australia has close bilateral strategic relations with Singapore - see here and here. Part of the relationship goes down to Singapore and Australia...
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Singapore's Surface Navy - Part Two
Following Singapore's Surface Navy - Part One, August 19, 2020, the following are further points from Benjamin, based on his August 18, 2020 comments:Singapore’s Maritime Security Task Force (MSTF)(see...
View ArticleChina's new intimacy with Russia a Blind Spot For Democracies
An excellent essay by Associate Professor Alexey D. Muravievat https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-22/china-russia-relationship-australia-strategic-blind-spot/12582356 dated August 22, 2020.
View ArticleGunboat Gifting to East Timor Excessive?
If East Timor (ET) receives some of Singapore's second hand Fearless class patrol boats this will be on top of patrol boats already gifted to ET by Portugal (2001), China (2010) and South Korea...
View ArticleJapan's Advanced G-RX7 / Type 18 Heavyweight Torpedo
Hi Annono. Regarding your commentof August 23, 2020:Thanks for info that the torpedo counter counter measures (TCCM) function of the newest Japanese torpedo designs isn't from American designs because...
View ArticleAustralian Humanitarian/Hospital Ship on Cards
See August 25, 2020's https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-25/scott-morrison-announces-$1b-defence-stimulus-package/12595200 "including the earlier than expected construction of a large hull vessel for...
View ArticleChinese DF-21D & DF-26B Missiles Land in South China Sea
Reported in South China Morning Post, August 26, 2020 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3098972/chinese-military-launches-two-missiles-south-china-sea-warningAllegedly a response to...
View ArticleGermany Rejects Pakistan's Bid for Sensitive Submarine Tech: AIP China
It appears China has tried to gain access to Germany's/Siemen's highly sensitive fuel cell air independent propulsion (FC-AIP) technology, for submarines, via a bold Pakistani approach to...
View ArticlePossible Joint China-Russia SSK Project
H I Sutton has written a very interesting article for Forbes"China And Russia In Mysterious New [Conventional] Submarine Project" on August 27, 2020at...
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