Submarine Matters

About subs, military/naval, missiles, nuclear weapons & politics. New Aussie subs have been just talk since 2009. Collins LOTE 2028-2040? of partial help. UUVs help more. POTUS may cancel AUKUS Virginias in 2031 as the USN needs all SSNs to the 2040s. Australian Gov ignores US higher priority to Columbia SSBNs (one/year being commissioned 2029-2041). Meaning minimal Virginia production until 2043. Shawn C and Gessler are excellent authors.

January 20, 2017

Light-attack jet - a good McCain counter-insurgency idea?

The Bell Textron Scorpion light-attack jet may be ideal for the low threat counter-insurgency/terrorism missions the US and allies are fi...

January 19, 2017

Lithium-ion Batteries for New Japanese Submarines. Soryu Table.

Outline of a Lithium-ion Battery for a Japanese submarine. This is from a January 2017 article on wispywood2344’s blog, at http://blog.li...

January 18, 2017

Liaoning carrier group 6 - Uses for Liaoning.

As well as the J-15 fighters Liaoning can probably take the usefully medium-large Z-18 helicopter . See much larger Liaoning image . ...

January 17, 2017

Threats to Liaoning carrier group 5 - begs question of uses.

Now or soon AUVs will be able to identify Liaoning’s unique electronic and sound signatures. The AUV could then work through a transmitting...

January 16, 2017

Liaoning carrier group 4 - inferior to any Nimitz group

Macau Daily Times , Jan 16, 2017, and other sources have provided comparisons of key traits of China’s Liaoning ski-jump carrier grou...

January 15, 2017

Missile Threat to Japan Perilous - Talks

Japan's three tiered anti-missile defense program. The main threat is nuclear tipped ballistic missiles from North Korea and to a les...

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Submarine & Nuclear Matters

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