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South Korea’s 3000 ton class Submarines and Licencing
Anonymous on August 6, 2021 kindly provided the following information :This is a latest information on South Korea’s 3000 ton-class (aka KSS-3 or Dosan Ahn Changho-class) submarines [1]. Its air...
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China claims its 093 SSNs intentionally revealed selves.
China's Type 093, Shang-class nuclear submarines are genuinely noisy compared to Western and Russian nuclear submarines. See "SUBMARINE NOISE CHART" below. So it is not surprising British sonars...
View ArticleFewer Pakistani subs operational while India to gain one
India may feel more secure during Pakistan's low submarine availability, but China may be helping make up the difference. Of Pakistan's fleet of 5 (conventional Agosta) submarines Pakistan normally has...
View ArticleSouth Korea Commissions its first KSS 3, Batch 1, Submarine
But will actually deploy it by August 2022 after Navy trials.See https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2021/08/rok-navy-commissions-her-first-kss-iii-submarine/
View Article2nd Special Report to Donors: China vs Taiwan/US: Avoiding WW3
Hi Submarine Matters DonorsI have just sent you the Second Special Report "China versus Taiwan/US: Avoiding World War Three"Though I "Stand on the [proverbial] Shoulders of Giants" in presenting this...
View ArticleAfghanistan Falls In Days
The Taliban have now seized central Kabul.With literally US$ Trillions spent and many lives lost the US, UK, Australia and other countries that defended Afghanistan for 20 years are running out of time...
View ArticleGreat Detail About China's Type 093 SSN
I would like to claim: “At great personal risk Russia's top agent (cunningly Codenamed “Ivan” to throw off MSS as to his real identity) sneaked into the Chinese Navy's Beijing HQ, bribed all the guards...
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"West China Sea" to replace Indian Ocean
Following "Fewer Pakistani subs operational while India to gain one" of August 13, 2021 and inspired by Ghalib Kabir’s comments:"West China Sea" is not as funny as it sounds. Senior Chinese Communist...
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India and other Quads Tracking Chinese Submarines
Pete, inspired by geo-strategic legend's, Ghalib Kabir's comments, on August 14 and 16 2021, writes: The Indo-Pacific undersea Sensor Array (which not only features audio, but other undersea sensor...
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Satellite Photos INS Arihant, Arighat & Chakra 2 in Port
Below is an aircraft photo (courtesy mapio.net) of India's nuclear submarine building yard and SSBN/SSN base at Vishakhapatnam (aka Vizag). Vizag is also the HQ Base of India's Eastern Naval Command....
View ArticleRussia to benefit from India's Project-75I AIP Transfer Exercise
India's and Russia's military-industrial relations go back 60 years (MiG-21s), if not longer. Also see Foxtrot submarines exported to India in 1967. /Kjell in a comment has alerted me to a Eurasian...
View ArticleChinese Aggression (eg. Taiwan) & Quad Security Discussers
The following is my response to the first comment from Anonymous (of August 16, 2021) concerning Submarine Matters Second Report to Donors.First, thank you for your fulsome praise. I appreciate...
View ArticleCollins & Attack-class Submarine Costings Very Complex
There is an excellent article What's The Real Cost of Australia's Submarine Capability? by senior analyst, Marcus Hellyer, for Australian Strategic Policy Institute's (ASPI's) THE STRATEGIST website....
View ArticleIndia needs more than "Short List" of 1 for Submarine Project-75I
A further comment following Russia to benefit from India's Project-75I AIP Transfer Exercise of August 21, 2021.India, has effectively eliminated 3 contestants (Russia, France and Spain) from its long...
View ArticleChina More Important To US Than Taiwan
It goes without saying that since 1971 the US has gone out of its way to remove any status Taiwan had to being an ally to be protected by the US. For the US China, after all, is given preference as...
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Rare Article on Indonesia's Military-Industrial Complex
Yas, writing at Singapore’s longest-running independent online media platform, The Online Citizen (TOC), has penned a most excellent August 25, 2021 article:"Building war ships and submarines:...
View ArticleRussia and/or China to fill Afghanistan power vacuum
One can only hope they'll make that mistake!See https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2021/08/25/putin-xi-agree-to-jointly-combat-afghanistan-threats/ of August 25, 2021.
View ArticleKabul Airport Explosion: Aircraft shootdown also threat
Days ago US forces in Afghanistan warned of the risk of suicide bombing in or around Kabul Airport. A major explosion has occurred in the last few hours - details are unclear. Here's a report.The US...
View ArticleJapan's Nuclear Weapon Breakout Capability
The term "Nuclear Weapon Breakout Capability" does not necessarily mean a country has an operational nuclear weapon system immediately available (in the open or usually hidden). Capability,...
View ArticleS Korea richer than Russia: So SK SSBN might be Affordable
Below Japan's Nuclear Weapon Breakout Capability of August 27, 2021 Gessler commented on August 30, 2021. Also note my redded responses/suggestions. Gessler said:Looking at [South] Korea's Joong Ang...
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