Russia pushes Northern Sea Route after Suez Canal Blockage
Reported by Agency France Press via France24 on March 26, 2021 https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210326-russia-pushes-arctic-ambitions-after-suez-jamMoscow (AFP) Russia has seized on the Suez...
View ArticleMusic Video Filmed Entirely in a Submarine
Admiral Sean Paul"Jones" of the Royal Jamaican Submarine Service sings popular ditty Got 2 Luv U ably assisted by Captain Alexis Jordan (dancing on the table).---
View ArticleAustralian Ministerial Reshuffle: Women, Defence & Subs
Buddies at the agency have asked me to write an op-ed on yesterday's (March 29, 2021) Ministerial reshuffle by Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison. Over the last month the Morrison...
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India's future 6 SSNs over 3rd Carrier: Internal Leverage.
A Hindustan Times report of March 24, 2021 indicated the Indian Navy had informed the Modi government that building six SSNs took priority over building a third aircraft carrier, (known as INS Vishal)....
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India's New Maritime Theatre (MTC) Command on way.
Following this article - on March 31 2021 Gessler provided highly insightful comments and links here and here. See them below (slightly edited by Pete): As well as for the first time appointing a Chief...
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Crypto AG machines compromised to present day?
SUMMARYThe following 8 articles refer to "Crypto" encoding-decoding machines made by Swiss company Crypto AG and distributed to 120 customers/countries. All the machines were allegedly compromised for...
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India's 6 Future Alpha SSNs - SSBN Protectors
These are my comments following March 31, 2021's "India's future 6 SSNs over 3rd Carrier: Internal Leverage." India has been discussing the development of 6 x SSNs, now dubbed "Project 75 Alpha" since...
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Lithium-ion Batteries: South Korean & Chinese Subs
Following their briefing of March 26, 2021, on Japanese submarine Lithium-ion Batteries (LIBs), Derek Woolner and David Glynne Jones have kindly provided information on LIBs for: - South Korea's new...
View ArticleGhalibKabir on Future Indian Alpha SSN issues
Following India's 6 Future Alpha SSNs - SSBN Protectorsof April 7, 2021 came the blessing of a veritable avalanche of good comments from Anonymous, GhalibKabir, Gessler and Arpit Kanodia. Rather than...
View ArticleYuan-submarine (LABs & LIBs) propulsion estimates
Following Lithium-ion Batteries: South Korean & Chinese Subs of April 9, 2021, Anonymous on April 13, 2021 kindly provided thesecomments and calculations (with some editing by Pete) regarding...
View ArticleGessler: Future Indian SSNs & SSBNs: Comment 1.
Following India's 6 Future Alpha SSNs - SSBN Protectors of April 7, 2021 Gessler made some learned and extensive comments on April 9, 2021. Pete has added some comments in [...] brackets. Here is the...
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Satellite Photo INS Arihant & Arighat Berthed Alongsid
Interesting information by Joseph P Chacko at frontierIndia. com titled “Google Maps Show Indian [Arihant class] Submarines Berthed Alongside” of February 5, 2021:The photo in question, showing INS...
View ArticleGessler: Future Indian SSNs, SSGNs & SSBNs: Comment 2.
Following India's 6 Future Alpha SSNs - SSBN Protectors of April 7, 2021 Gessler made some learned and extensive comments on April 9, 2021. Pete has added many links. Here is the second of 3 Gessler...
View ArticleGessler: Future Indian Nuclear Subs, SLBMs: Comment 3
Following India's 6 Future Alpha SSNs - SSBN Protectors of April 7, 2021 Gessler made some learned and extensive comments on April 9, 2021. Pete has added many links. India's nuclear submarine Here is...
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Why Russian Submariners Don't Smile At Enemies
Because that would be socially dangerous and unpatriotic to Chairman Putin, see:https://www.rbth.com/arts/2013/11/29/ten_reasons_why_russians_dont_smile_much_31259An Unsmiling Russian Submarine Putin...
View ArticleAustralia's Collins-class Submarine Program by Sub Brief
Above and here Sub Brief’s “Jive Turkey”presented Australia's Collins conventional diesel-electric guided-missile submarine (SSG) Program on April 15, 2021. Some sections are supplemented in greater by...
View ArticleWhy Saab-Kockums Excluded? Australia doesn't trust it.
Following Australia's Collins-class Submarine Program by Sub Brief of April 20, 2021, GhalibKabir commented/asked:"To this day I cannot wrap my head around why Kockums and RAN went with Hedemora Diesel...
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1st RAAF Triton may initially be based on US island of Guam.
Kym Bergmann, editor of Australia's superb Asia-Pacific Defence Reporter (APDR) on April 21, 2021 reports:"UPDATED: First RAAF Triton to possibly be based outside Australia""At a media briefing in...
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Indonesian Submarine "Nanggala" LIKELY SUNK, NO HOPE.
On April 21, 2021, the Indonesian Navy reported that its submarine KRI Nanggala (492) disappeared in waters about 95km north of Bali.[16] Nanggala had been conducting a torpedo drill, but failed to...
View ArticleKRI Nangalla's Oxygen Has Just Run Out - No Hope.
KRI Nanggala's oxygen runout time has passed (at 3am in Jakarta, Indonesia time (4am in Bali) Saturday 24 April 2021. The lack of oxygen on KRI Nanggala (402) (if it is intact on the seafloor) means...
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