US Policies Wedging India-Russia Rels: Benefits China
A great article in the Lowy Institute's theinterpreter by HENRY STOREY published March 3, 2021:"Cracks beginning to appear in the Russia-India relationship.""But Washington’s interests might actually...
View ArticleConfirmed Australia Sticking with Naval Group
Since Anthony Galloway's March 2, 2021 Brisbane Times article, (reported here) he has written a confirmatory update of March 3, 2021, that:"The Morrison government is forging ahead with the $90 billion...
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Spain's S-80 Plus : No AIP for 1st 2 Subs : Missions
Currently the Spanish Navy ("Armada" in Spanish) is making do with just 2, average 36 year old, Spanish built Agosta submarines. So four modern replacements are more than overdue. The first S-80 Plus...
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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Spain's S-80 Plus : No AIP for 1st 2 Subs : Missions
Currently the Spanish Navy ("Armada" in Spanish) is making do with just 2, average 38 year old since launch, Spanish built Agosta submarines. So four modern replacements are more than overdue. The...
View ArticleUS Soldiers in Vietnam Built own Deadly Gun Trucks
I'm trading in my car for one of these beaut trucks especially from 3:26 :)Such DIY trucks can exist only in the American Army?More detail here and in Iraq.
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Spanish Subs Mission Environment: Offshore Regions
Following on from Spanish submarines have many challenging mission concerns. My thanks to an anonymous person on my sitemeter from Ceuta, Spain (which I surprisingly saw was south across the Med from...
View ArticleCommonwealth Day Royals vs The Markles
As indicated in my profile , interests include the British Royal Family. Commonwealth Day, which takes place on March 8th this year, is Covid distanced. In the video here and below the senior members...
View ArticleBiden Repairing Trump's Trashing South Korean Alliance
After Trump's years of damaging the US alliance with South Korea, Biden fixes the main damaging issue in weeks. See The Diplomat's (paysite) article, of March 8, 2021, at:...
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Soft, political "launch" of Indian DRDO's AIP milestone.
There has been much hype since March 9, 2021, concerning a milestone reached in Indian DRDO's (NMRL's) new air independent propulsion (AIP) technology for submarines. But this is more a "soft"...
View ArticleAttack by Indian Aussies on Sikhs, Sydney, March 2.
‘Bashed from every side’: Sydney men attacked, car damaged in suspected [sectarian violence] 7NEWS.---Video uploaded by Australia's 7NEWs March 3, 2021 (the day after incident):Drawn from an article in...
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Weekend Tanks & APCs: Aussies in Vietnam: Binh Ba Battle.
Below is the next article on post-WWII armoured vehicle matters. This follows US Soldiers in Vietnam Built own Deadly Gun Trucks of March 7, 2021. Click on Video HERE courtesy Australian War...
View ArticleComments on Lack of Australian SSN Prospects
GhalibKabir, on March 8, 2021, made some interesting comments on future Australian submarine nuclear propulsion possibilities.Nicole Brangwin, of the Australian Federal Parliament's Parliamentary...
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Anti-aircraft cage on Lucas Heights Reactor
While engineers with high career hopes discuss building Australian nuclear power reactors expensive safety construction on Australia's only reactor speaks to a tangible terrorist threat.Following...
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Huge Training & Decommissiong Costs of Nuclear Subs
Above are the UK RN's 4 Resolution class SSBN's laid up, awaiting decommissioning at Rosyth Dockyard. Photo courtesy Navy Lookout - this also has an excellent table revealing 9 UK SSNs, though laid up...
View ArticleChina Weapon Development Surpassing US sometimes
Covert Cabal on March 14, 2021, uploaded an excellent video here and above.Titled: Is China selling stolen weapon designs?4:40 - from 4:40 it gets most interesting describing China is reverse...
View ArticleHigh numbers of Chinese Submariners Depressed
StrategyPage (which appears to recieve some US intel) March 22, 2021 reports :Summary - In early 2021, 5 military medical researchers working for the Chinese Institute of Military Health Management...
View ArticleAustralian Gov & Naval Group Agree 60% Submarine Local Content
See the excellent article by, Australia's Asia-Pacific Defence Reporter, March 23, 2021 at:https://asiapacificdefencereporter.com/naval-group-government-complete-negotiations-on-sub-partnering-program/
View ArticleJapanese Navy Commissions JS Toryu (the last Soryu)
The following is a summary of Ryan White's UK based Naval Post, on March 24, 2021, report:"Japan commissions JS Toryu, its Second Submarine Running on Li-Ion Batteries"The Japanese Navy commissioned...
View ArticleJapan's Lithium Battery Submarines Becoming Operational
Derek Woolner and David Glynne Jones have kindly provided information that Lithium-ion Battery (LIB) submarines are now becoming operational. This is with the commissioning of Japan's Soryu-class JS...
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