Australia's Submarine Programs Out to 2070s
Hi Bureaucratus Lex, regarding your June 11, 2022 comment. I reckon the following:AUSTRALIAN SUBMARINE PROGRAMS OUT TO THE 2070s:This starts with the Collins Life of Type Extension (LOTE) to be done by...
View ArticleUkraine War Depleting Russian Power in China's Favour
Even if Russia eventually "wins" the Ukraine War Russia's economic and military power will have declined compared to China’s.China is not in political, economic or military alliance with Russia. Their...
View ArticleUsing Warship Well Decks to Launch LDUUVs
https://asiapacificdefencereporter.com/hii-demonstrates-coordinated-manned-and-unmanned-ops-for-underwater-vehicles/Very indiscrete actions using large costly Warships to launch LDUUVs. Best to...
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Orca Doctrine Developing: Australian SSN Substitutes.
A depiction of an undersea, sea surface, aircraft, satellite and land weapon-sensor network in which Orcas can function. Note Orcas can communicate back to land base via encoded acoustic signals to the...
View Article"Interim" SSK By 2040 & Regionally Inferior.
In response to Anonymous's from June 20, 2022and /Kjell However much the procedural advantages of an SSK tender, the SSK tender option had its day in 2016 and is exhausted now. The new Albanese...
View ArticleCan Australia Really Get US SSNs By 2030?
Marcus Hellyer and Andrew Nicholls for the ASPI Strategist have written an excellent June 22, 2022, article "Can Australia get nuclear-powered submarines this decade?". It concurs with point 2. of my...
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Stealth Aircraft for China's New Type 003 Carrier
China's carrier evolution (Artwork courtesy Feng Qingyin via an interesting article at China's Global Times)---China is launching ever more capable aircraft carriers at a pace every 6 years.This is...
View ArticleTraining Aus Nuclear Submariners: US Legislation in House
Justin Katz at US website Breaking Defense wrote an excellent June 23, 2022 article indicating the US Congress is laying early legislative groundwork for an Australian SSN capability.Meanwhile the UK...
View ArticleDonor Report: "More Gradual ORCA Deployment & Manpower Savings"
Hi DonorsI have just sent you the June 2022 Report "More Gradual ORCA Deployment & Manpower Savings"Happy ReadingRegards Pete
View ArticleIndia Prefers West, Wants Fewer Russian Weapons
Moyura Baba, for Japan's Nikkei Asia, June 17, 2022, deftly reports in part:"...NEW DELHI -- India is making overtures to Israel, the U.S. and Europe in an effort to reduce its dependence on Russian...
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Turkey's STM 500 sub TKMS Type 205 & 210 Influenced
Turkey, Ukraine and some other Black Sea neighbours have been more than disturbed by aggressive Russian naval activities in 2022, This presents a renewed market niche for relatively inexpensive 500...
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Submarine Aspects of Sweden & Finland Joining NATO
Poor Putin is nonplussed that his bold plan to invade Ukraine (in 3? days) thus demoralizing and disuniting NATO has failed. Instead there is a resurgent, focussed, NATO, with 2 hitherto "neutral"...
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Ukraine style Western Response: China vs Taiwan
Mainland China blockading then invading independent Taiwan could involve economic sanctions, missiles, aircraft, cross-Taiwan Strait amphibious landings, sea-mines, UAVs, UUVs, cyber attacks and many...
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SLBM Booster Tests for an Aussie "Baby Boomer" SSBN?
In mid 2022 in the dual-use tradition of the US Atlas missile, US NASA is working with Australia to launch (see video here and above) sizable rockets in Australia. This is first time NASA has done this...
View ArticleUK MRBM and Nuclear Tests in Australia: Kids Wave ;-)
Australia has a rich heritage of missile delivery and nuclear weapon tests. Much knowledge, plans and designs have been quietly retained in Canberra.The video here and above and description below is...
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Shinzo Abe: Japanese former PM Shot, Now Dead.
Shinzo Abe's Official portrait, 2020---Wikipedia reports that on 8 July 2022, Shinzo Abe, former prime minister of Japan, was fatally shot while delivering a campaign speech near Yamato-Saidaiji...
View ArticleAre Only 1 or 2 Indonesian Submarines "Active"?
In an unconfirmed matter only 1 or 2 of Indonesia's submarines may be active. One is the 40 year old KRI Cakra recently overhauled. KRI Cakra is the sister ship of the tragically sunken KRI Nanggala in...
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NATO Nuclear Weapon Sharing model for Australia: 2030s
A US 4 star General (on right) inspects a US nuclear weapon storage system at Volkel Air Base to store weapons for delivery by Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16s. (Photo courtesy USAF via Wiki)---This...
View ArticleNeutrino detectors useful: IAEA Monitoring Aus SSNs
Neutrino Detectors are currently very large. But perhaps they can be made small enough by the 2040s to monitor Australian nuclear submarine reactors.In a highly technical article physicsworldreports...
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Romanian letter of intent for Scorpene submarines
Romania is very near the Russian invasion of Ukraine War, hence Romania increasingly feels the need for submarines as a deterrent against Russia.(Map courtesy Britannica).---Pete has done much of the...
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