tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post2541738087537188954..comments2024-03-20T12:03:26.126+00:00Comments on Thin Pinstriped Line: Up Periscopes? The growth in global SSK aspirationsSir Humphreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08704774192275240783noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post-74970343631082930952015-03-03T03:43:37.294+00:002015-03-03T03:43:37.294+00:00Attractive component of content. I simply stumbled...Attractive component of content. I simply stumbled upon your site and in accession capital to say that I acquire actually enjoyed account your weblog posts. Any way I’ll be subscribing to your augment and even I success you get admission to consistently fast.<br />Desain Rumah Islamihttp://blog.uin-malang.ac.id/tenan/2015/02/15/contoh-desain-rumah-islami/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post-79501703161966642442012-09-20T13:03:43.708+01:002012-09-20T13:03:43.708+01:00How about the Swedish designs?How about the Swedish designs?Klart Skepphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14821006823489932021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post-88966790810519720652012-09-19T16:57:08.629+01:002012-09-19T16:57:08.629+01:00Dear Sir
I think you are missing out on Sweden bei...Dear Sir<br />I think you are missing out on Sweden being a very potent submarine nation both operating and building (including designing) subs.<br />There is a rumor that the HDW 216 is actually a rippoff of the Kockums design for the A26...Klart Skepphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14821006823489932021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post-78181837776625808302012-07-31T06:33:43.156+01:002012-07-31T06:33:43.156+01:00The Iranian effort more likely aims first and fore...The Iranian effort more likely aims first and foremost at building a naval reactor, not so much a functional, let alone combat-worthy vessel, which really would be a waste of time for Iran, given their geostrategic circumstances, even if they could do it. This is due to the fact, that certain technology meant for building said type of reactor is not included under NPT-regulations and therefore legal to purchase or develop, obviously opening up ways to use it otherwise.<br /><br /> @Anon above: the German design is hardly to small, as it has been specifically drawn up for Australian requirements. You might confuse it with the existing Type 214 it is based on. <br />The Soryu makes sense in lots of ways, as it represents pretty much what Australia is looking for: sea-control/denial in a blue water context. The Japanese limits regarding export however have not been lifted generally. Many legal pitfalls, excemptions etc. So cooperation might still be impossible without more drastic legal changes, even if government-to-government consensus exists.paranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post-47425843868869484802012-07-26T22:31:30.172+01:002012-07-26T22:31:30.172+01:00Or training targets for the RN!Or training targets for the RN!Dangerous davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post-90647111957273532262012-07-25T17:54:56.640+01:002012-07-25T17:54:56.640+01:00Absolutely, plus any Scottish SSKs would be a solu...Absolutely, plus any Scottish SSKs would be a solution in search of a problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post-40423414521480507522012-07-22T21:57:17.924+01:002012-07-22T21:57:17.924+01:00"How much are the Pakistani and Indian progra..."How much are the Pakistani and Indian programmes behind when they are just building to an existing Scorpene design?"<br /><br />Not sure is the honest answer - they are effectively kit building, but I dont know how much they're adding to the design, or just building from blueprints. We wont really be able to judge until an indigenous design emerges.Sir Humphreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08704774192275240783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post-46448512269705987982012-07-21T19:06:43.339+01:002012-07-21T19:06:43.339+01:00Slight typo above I should have said 'Marine S...Slight typo above I should have said 'Marine Scotland', not 'Maritime Scotland', oops!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post-69014718130517854272012-07-20T12:57:38.019+01:002012-07-20T12:57:38.019+01:00One suspects that Wee Eck is trying to distinguish...One suspects that Wee Eck is trying to distinguish his party policy further from that of the UK, by having SSK (=good) vs the Evil sassenachs (SSN=bad). As you rightly point out, it's simply McHoop.<br /><br />The far more important point is the last paragraph. We did spend the Cold War becoming expert ASW practitioners. Then when Ivan went away / became our new Bezza, it became fashioable in town to suggest that the submarine threat had gone away. I wonder how capable we are now compared to what we were then. 2087+Merlin is all well and good as glitzy kit, question is whether the operators are as experienced in detecting, classifying and tracking as they were then.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post-52331950140383074562012-07-20T10:44:35.128+01:002012-07-20T10:44:35.128+01:00Fishery Protection in Scotland is already carried ...Fishery Protection in Scotland is already carried out by the Compliance part of Maritime Scotland, which has three FPVs and its own aircraft. So apart from perhaps being 'cloclwork mice' I fail to see exactly what Scottish SSKs would do. Indeed Scotland wouldn't need naval OPVs for the job of FP because the ships are already there.<br /> All we would need OPVs for would presumably be for sovereignty patrols. I guess it might well be possible to merge Maritime Scotland Compliance into the naval section of the SDF?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post-76074454386838030552012-07-19T08:13:35.258+01:002012-07-19T08:13:35.258+01:00Interesting bit about the choices available for Oz...Interesting bit about the choices available for Oz (I think it is right to discount nuclear)<br />- re-engineering Collins Class would be like building your castle on sand<br />- BMT's ocean-going AIP is just a paper design (probably "ordered" by those interests that try to get a domestic design&build order)<br />- the German design has been discounted as too small<br />- leaves the Spanish one that was stretched from a Scorpene-based design (with AIP, but never built, because budgets started to dry up)<br />- and Soryu. Design support would be a bit more concrete than getting BMT to draw one up, but the programme would still be a massive undertaking, building on a not very massive existing infrastucture and skills base<br /><br />How much are the Pakistani and Indian programmes behind when they are just building to an existing Scorpene design?<br /><br />Cheers, ACCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post-14632500246165849402012-07-18T22:38:14.170+01:002012-07-18T22:38:14.170+01:00God! Wait until the DT gets hold of this bit abou...God! Wait until the DT gets hold of this bit about the Iranians. They will be able to quote a Senior source within the MoD.<br />There'll be an Inquiry. Judge led, no doubt.deemacnoreply@blogger.com