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China 096 SSBNs firing JL-3s: Strategy around 2028.
Drawing from the South China Morning Post’s, January 24, 2021 article also from Wikipedia and the US DoD's China Military Power Report 2020: The JL-3, China’s latest submarine launched ballistic...
View ArticleEstimation of Cost of Fuel Cell AIP for Submarine
Following the article “Netherlands New Sub...” of January 19, 2021, Anonymous kindly commented on the estimation of cost of fuel cell AIP for submarine.Assumed cost of fuel cell system is consisted of...
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Singapore Navy Inaugurates Maritime Security & Response Flotilla
Shawn C, offine, has kindly drawn my attention to Singapore Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) News Release:Singapore Navy Inaugurates Maritime Security and Response Flotilla to Strengthen Maritime Security...
View ArticleSingapore Proactive Against Increased Piracy
Following this article, Pete has changed a few bits of the indomitable Shawn C's comment of January 31, 2021: Due in part to increased local piracy the Singapore Navy's Maritime Security Command has...
View ArticleAustralia sees light: Buying AH-64E Apache Guardian
Following (but not totally due to :) my article "Hunting Australia's Elusive but Failed... Tiger Helicopter" of August 16, 2018, Australia's weapons buyers have at last seen the light. Australia is...
View ArticleSOSUS used for drug law enforcement
The following is new to me:"SOSUS has also been used by law enforcementpersonnel, most notably in drug interdiction efforts for over-water supply routes from Central and South America."wrote:LT John...
View ArticleDutch Choosing Future Sub Correctly: Australia Didn't.
In the correctly gradual process, since 2014, to select Netherlands' 4 Walrus replacement subs the shortlist (3 contenders: Sweden, France and Germany) are fighting it out on many levels. One level is...
View Article[MTU?] reluctant to supply diesels for future Pak Subs
The following very brief article is about German diesels for submarine [MTU being the one and only German maker?] which might not be supplied for Pakistan's future submarines....
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2,200 US Marines Darwin before June 2021: Live Firing.
Australian Government owned ABC News, January 6, 2021 reports : The US Marine Rotational Force - Darwin (MRF-D) unit has rented a secure facility outside the Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia for...
View ArticleRussia's Failed Alfa Reactor: Rickover Rules, OK!
My friend from Texas has drawn my attention to the NATO name Alfa aka Alpha class "interceptor" SSN. It had the Russian, aka Soviet, name Project 705 "Lira". Russia's Alfa concept badly mixed up...
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Saab's A26s likely use composites in stealthy sails/fins.
On February 5, 2021 /Kjell provided an interesting comment on steel in upper structures of A26 submarines leading to a high center of gravity, with consequent stability problems. The implication being...
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Submarines: Magnetometers & Degaussing Made Simple
The debate between advocates for Germany or Sweden, in the Netherlands future submarine competition, continues. The French contender has been strangely quiet...wonder why? Do the French know France has...
View ArticleException "Proves?" Female Submariners a Bad Idea?
The UK Daily Mail's entertaining articleof February 8, 2021 is a must-read for serious Submarine Matter-ers. The article appears to vindicate concerns of some in the UK RN's submarine service (not to...
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Pressure Hull Steel Choices Depend on Missions/Countries
The debate on pressure hull steel with some relevance to the future Netherlands submarine (Walrus Replacement) issue continues. Below this article on February 5, 2021 an Anonymous...
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Challenge Beijing: French SSN in South China Sea: Australia
In the tradition of Australia buying US weapon systems as an "insurance premium" on the US alliance "insurance policy".Australia is paying France $Billions to buy the Attack-class conventional subs AND...
View ArticleSoryu & Ship Collide Feb 8-9, 2021 - Best see Jive's Video
Visible accidents are very rare in the Japanese Submarine Service. There has been a veritable avalanche of information and comments about the February 8/9, 2021 collision between:- the 3,000 ton...
View ArticleBiden to Strengthen the Quad: Indo-Pacific NATO?
The Japan Times reported, February 7, 2021:"WASHINGTON – The United States, Japan, Australia and India are working to arrange the first meeting of their leaders under the so-called Quad framework amid...
View ArticleIt was Soryu (SS-501) that Collided. Table.
Anonymous advises the Soryu-class submarine involved in the collision with Ocean Artemis is the first of class Soryu. Its name is, of course, Soryu (SS-501) (see SORYU TABLE below).The collision...
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Changing World: Changing Submarine Market: Parts 1 & 2
With direct relevance to the Netherland's Walrus Replacement issue, many other submarine and battery issues, Locum has provided this very interesting, lengthy comment (set out in Parts 1. and...
View ArticleRussian Subs: Recent developments and threat.
An excellent essay, dated February 11, 2021, by Arnaud Sobrero, is at The Diplomat paysite at: https://thediplomat.com/2021/02/russian-submarines-still-a-relevant-threat/Based in Asia for more than 10...
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