tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post984434641135568655..comments2024-03-30T00:14:23.992+11:00Comments on Submarine Matters & Australian Nuclear Weapons: Soryu Submarine - Many Unknowns and Modifications NeededPete2http://www.blogger.com/profile/06134037393078707072noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post-81628885781795563962014-10-29T11:56:32.948+11:002014-10-29T11:56:32.948+11:00Hi nkp
The following report is correct:
"A ...Hi nkp<br /><br />The following report is correct:<br /><br />"A front page article in the Australian Financial Review on February 22 [2012] reported that the US ambassador in Canberra, Jeffrey Bleich, has floated the possibility of Washington selling or leasing nuclear submarines [specifically the Virginia class] to Australia—a first for any country." at http://web.archive.org/web/20120328061405/http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/feb2012/asub-f29.shtml<br /><br />Also see my http://gentleseas.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/a-new-australian-submarine-with-aip.html<br /><br />Regards<br /><br />PetePetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02624742078679760819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post-42750735044136443992014-10-29T06:09:11.608+11:002014-10-29T06:09:11.608+11:00buy Virginia??? is US offering it?? if yes then ho...buy Virginia??? is US offering it?? if yes then how come australia is ignoring itnkpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post-86178944860077376422014-10-20T12:09:37.031+11:002014-10-20T12:09:37.031+11:00Hi Joakim Wohlfeil
Thanks for your post.
I wond...Hi Joakim Wohlfeil <br /><br />Thanks for your post.<br /><br />I wonder if an inexperienced Russian submarine Captain/navigators/sub drivers were ordered to quickly monitor the Swedish naval exercise. Such a hasty order may have led to submarine's accident.<br /><br />The chances of a Russian sub hitting the many islands and skerries-rocks of the Kanholmsfjärden must be quite high. If the Russian Captain sent an SOS in clear language (with no encryption) on emergency channels I wonder whether he was hoping to be saved by Western rescue forces as well as Russian?<br /><br />Regards<br /><br />PetePetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02624742078679760819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post-62387686725377946782014-10-19T10:31:26.271+11:002014-10-19T10:31:26.271+11:00Dear Pete
This is totally out of the Indian ocean...Dear Pete<br /><br />This is totally out of the Indian ocean context but might interest anyone who is interested in submarines and naval politics.<br /><br />This takes place just close to our house on a nearby Island, regrettably our own boat is on land for the Winter since just a few days, would have liked to pass by the area right and been ablr to do some direct reporting. But according to other people at least one Visby-Corvette joined in today, boosting the littoral underwater capacity (normally the Baltic archipelagos with it´s complicated bottom structure and even more complicated water termics give all advantages to a submarine vs surface ships).<br />The Swedish navy never comments where their sub´s are but it would not be a major tactical guess at least one is inside the skerries, and one would probably lock the “back door” in the open sea outside.<br /><br />According to non confirmed source the operation started after military electronic surveillance picked up, and was able to position encrypted signals between a position close to the ongoing operation, and Kaliningrad.<br />Later a physical observations of a “man made object” was reported at Kanholmsfjärden (http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanholmsfj%C3%A4rden) in the mid-arcipelago (The Stockholm archipelago consist of ca 30 000 island and skerries and is geographically divided in inner, mid and outer archipelago)<br /><br />Also Russian surface ship appeared as soon as the naval operation started, and has been positioned outside the Stockholm archipelago, just outside Sweden’s territorial since.<br /><br /><br />However, it´s relevant to mention that the Swedish navy, has not commented on neither what has been observed, not how, and not given any speculations on nationality. The only official commented is that “they perform a surveillance operation investigating the cause of reliable observations”. They have also answered press questions about the Russian ship outside the territorial water saying “the navy is aware about this” . <br /><br />There are international sources right now reporting about a missing Russian submarine, however the navy refuses any comments on this. It goes without saying that if Russia would be proven as a source of the underwater activity Europe would face a diplomatical crisis of a since long time unprecedented dimension.<br /><br /><br />http://www.svd.se/nyheter/inrikes/english-version-could-be-a-damaged-russian-submarine_4023511.svd<br /><br />http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/foreign-underwater-activity-reported-sweden-26274836<br /><br /><br />http://www.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/aktuellt/2014/10/uppgifter-i-media-om-saknad-ubat/Joakim Wohlfeilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00352688029434756970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post-26146316893207811882014-10-04T20:06:47.983+10:002014-10-04T20:06:47.983+10:00You are right Anonymous.
Australia's indecisi...You are right Anonymous.<br /><br />Australia's indecision on whether to home-build a Collins 2, buy the Soryu, buy Virginia's or buy European following a tender - means that no decision has been made for the last 6 years. <br /><br />Much of it also depends on other projects like the AWDs running overtime and overbudget. Votes and marginal electorates in South Australia are other complications.<br /><br />Regards<br /><br />PetePetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02624742078679760819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post-5451411108677155532014-10-04T19:07:35.903+10:002014-10-04T19:07:35.903+10:00Seems to me that the Australians cannot decide whe...Seems to me that the Australians cannot decide whether they want a replacement for the Collins at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com