Submarine & Other Matters

The misadventures of AUKUS robot AlboGov never cease. I publish on subs, other naval, nuclear weapons & broad political issues. Aussie sub changes are glacial: talk rather than actual new subs. The 1st Collins LOTE may secretly concern the US Combat System & be ready 2029. Trump may decide to cancel the AUKUS Virginia offer due to USN advice it needs all operational SSNs right through to the 2040s. My colleagues Shawn C and Gessler are excellent writers. Pete.

August 28, 2020

Possible Joint China-Russia SSK Project

H I Sutton has written a very interesting article for Forbes "China And Russia In Mysterious New

[Conventional] Submarine Project" on August 27, 2020

at https://www.forbes.com/sites/hisutton/2020/08/27/china-and-russia-in-mysterious-new-submarine-project/#7138fa451629

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: Hi Pete

One of the biggest issues in Russian submarine development is budget shortage, which causes schedule delay and forces Russia to corporate with China.

Regards; 8/28/2020 7:49 PM
Pete said...: Hi Anonymous

Indeed Russia and China still see a need to build SSKs for their own navies. This activity also nurtures SSKs for export to fund their defence budgets and for eco-politico-strategic power projection.

Russia and China can share development (including pooling intelligence takes) for new SSK technologies (eg. advanced AIP, Lithium-ion Batteries, photonics masts, anechoic tiles, single hulls and non-magnetic hulls).

More SSKs to patrol their first island chain geographic barriers to a degree makes up for their fewer and lower quality SSNs - compared to US, UK and French SSNs.

Regards

Pete; 8/31/2020 3:38 PM