tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post7392908237147523346..comments2024-03-29T14:20:26.555+11:00Comments on Submarine Matters & Australian Nuclear Weapons: Possible Systemic Problems on Pre-Collision DestroyersPete2http://www.blogger.com/profile/06134037393078707072noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post-36945362405426548852017-08-31T13:32:31.488+10:002017-08-31T13:32:31.488+10:00Supporting Submarine Matters' 24 August 2017 a...Supporting Submarine Matters' 24 August 2017 article http://gentleseas.blogspot.com.au/2017/08/possible-systemic-problems-on-pre.html article regarding search for "systemic" reasons (including officer training difficiencies) is the subsequent https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/why-do-us-warships-keep-having-accidents of 31 August 2017 which refers to "systemic problems" and officer training.<br /><br />https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/why-do-us-warships-keep-having-accidents also refers to Automatic Identification System being turned off. This suspicion was referred to in Submarine Matters' June 2017 article at http://gentleseas.blogspot.com.au/2017/06/inquiries-begin-concerning-uss.htmlPetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02624742078679760819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post-51899532065269790592017-08-27T21:22:38.211+10:002017-08-27T21:22:38.211+10:00The greenhouse gas thing is nonsense.
Radars and ...The greenhouse gas thing is nonsense.<br /><br />Radars and other sensors may have been shut down, but that would likely be due to the tight operations budget (spare parts and maintenance shortage). That's the fault of the top bras, who insist on new and often ineffective hulls at the expense of operating budgets. This hollows out the force, and the top brass then blames politicians and hopes that after elections more hawkish (dumb) politicians will shower them with money again.<br /><br />Radars, infrared sensors and so on have a mean time between failure - the users can expect the equipment to become inoperative after a hours and hours of operation. So maybe the sensors were already inoperative or maybe they they were shut down to save them for later use.<br /><br />This does still not explain why the civilian ship collided; there should have been professionals on its bridge, and its navigation radar should be operative. The radar cross section reduction of an Arleigh Burke destroyer isn't so extreme as to make it invisible to navigation radars and even if it was, mounting simple reflectors would solve that safety hazard.<br /><br />Shit happens at congested waterways, of course.S Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359796414832859686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post-80114241936592508832017-08-27T20:46:41.922+10:002017-08-27T20:46:41.922+10:00Maybe there is another possible explanation. Might...Maybe there is another possible explanation. Might it be that the organisational design of the crew assisted this stuff-up. Sailors in the USN are extremely well trained and highly specialised. The reporting structure might have too many layers and thus increased opportunity for communications errors. Our RAN has a flatter control organisation (less layers) and possibly quicker communications. There is much to be said for having more generalists around.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post-33013734277870369042017-08-26T15:14:12.928+10:002017-08-26T15:14:12.928+10:00There has been made public the results of the inv...There has been made public the results of the investigation into another Desron 15 ship Antietam, which grounded near Yokosuka in Tokyo Bay in Jan 31 2017.<br />https://partner-mco-archive.s3.amazonaws.com/client_files/1503509078.pdf<br /><br />Theres lots of detail in the bureaucratic jargon of the USN. But just looking on the first page of the Findings of Fact<br />8.The Navigator was not qualified as Officer of the Deck as required by reference (d). [Encl(10)]<br />9. ANTIETAM did not have a qualified navigator on board as required by referenc.e (d)<br />Ztev Konradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06553128132098513643noreply@blogger.com