Australian navy's hunt for new sub to replace Collins class

[suffolkowner]

Navy lookout/save the Royal Navy dives into the issues, choices and challenges on the Australian nuke program

Nuclear submarines for Australia – what are the options? - Navy Lookout

The political and strategic ramifications of the AUKUS pact announced in September continue to reverberate but the details of how Australia will actually acquire nuclear-powered submarines have been rather overlooked. Here we focus on the daunting technical, industrial and financial challenges...

www.navylookout.com

 

[YZT580]

even if we were to opt for nuclear it doesn't sound as if there is any construction room for us to join the Aussies

 

[Weinie]

A really good read, framing the current and upcoming challenges RAN have to face.

The Australian Submarine Decision: Challenges and Next Steps - Second Line of Defense

By Robbin Laird The decision by the Morrison Administration to shift from a conventional submarine to a nuclear submarine is part of the strategic reset underway in Australia since 2018. With the Chinese threat ramping up, the Australians have been looking to refocus their defence efforts on the...

sldinfo.com

The really salient point that jumped out to me in this article was:

"But a re-set is not built in a day, and as my former boss, Secretary Michael Wynne, often commented, “you have 80% of your force 20 years from now, right now.”

This is the crux of the matter, strategists and tacticians be damned.

 

[OceanBonfire]

They're offering incentives to personnel to support the new subs:

Defence scrambles to train nuclear scientists for 'exciting roles' on AUKUS program

Students and public servants are being enticed with generous scholarships to study nuclear science and engineering so they can begin "exciting roles" on Australia's new nuclear submarine program.

www.abc.net.au

 

[daftandbarmy]

They're offering incentives to personnel to support the new subs:

Defence scrambles to train nuclear scientists for 'exciting roles' on AUKUS program

Students and public servants are being enticed with generous scholarships to study nuclear science and engineering so they can begin "exciting roles" on Australia's new nuclear submarine program.

www.abc.net.au

Nothing like a shake and bake nuclear physicist program to give a whole new meaning to the words 'risk management'

 

[Czech_pivo]

Nothing like a shake and bake nuclear physicist program to give a whole new meaning to the words 'risk management'

Don't be surprised if they bring their recruiting up north to us. Just like Irving scoured N. Ireland, UK, Romania and Poland for experienced shipbuilders when the AOPS was ramping up, Australia will be looking to poach our Nuclear Scientists and Technicians. Lot's of good reasons to emigrate to Australia.

 

[Spencer100]

Don't be surprised if they bring their recruiting up north to us. Just like Irving scoured N. Ireland, UK, Romania and Poland for experienced shipbuilders when the AOPS was ramping up, Australia will be looking to poach our Nuclear Scientists and Technicians. Lot's of good reasons to emigrate to Australia.

I wish I knew anything about nuclear science.....too old to learn now. But sign me up to live on the Gold Coast!

 

[dimsum]

I wish I knew anything about nuclear science.....too old to learn now. But sign me up to live on the Gold Coast!

Except the Aus sub fleet is near Perth, the opposite coast to the GC.

 

[suffolkowner]

Implementing Australia’s nuclear submarine program | The Strategist

On 16 September 2021, the Australian government announced that it would acquire a nuclear-powered submarine capability with support from the UK and the US as the first measure of business under the AUKUS technology-sharing partnership. ...

www.aspistrategist.org.au

kind of a long dry read, its definately a difficult process Australia has embarked on

 

[suffolkowner]

End the insanity and order interim submarines – now - APDR

When the new A26 class become available later this decade, the Royal Swedish Navy (RSwN) will be operating three generations of submarines simultaneously.

asiapacificdefencereporter.com

Long delays in getting nuke boats figured out may require an interim solution. Back to SAAB and the A26/Collins evolution? Maybe still room for Canada/Australia and the Netherlands to end up with the same sub class. And maybe Australia ends up with 6 SSK and 6SSN?

 

[Underway]

Except the Aus sub fleet is near Perth, the opposite coast to the GC.

Perth (and Freemantle which is where the navy base is) is a very nice place to live. Very Mediterranean climate.

 

[dimsum]

Perth (and Freemantle which is where the navy base is) is a very nice place to live. Very Mediterranean climate.

Just don't expect to be close to anything. Perth is the one of the world's most isolated cities.

 

[suffolkowner]

Perth seems like they're a pretty big place plus there are plans for an east coast base

Media Release: “Australia to Build Additional Submarine Base”

A professional level blog on strategic matters, especially submarines (nuclear and conventional) in English, Hindi & most other major languages.

gentleseas.blogspot.com

 

[KevinB]

It’s got a nude beach just down from the SASR barracks.

 

[dimsum]

It’s got a nude beach just down from the SASR barracks.

The people you see at nude beaches are not the people you want to see at nude beaches.

Or so I've been told.

 

[Weinie]

The people you see at nude beaches are not the people you want to see at nude beaches.

Or so I've been told.

The nude portion of the beach on Bol, Croatia , was filled with German and Swedish women. (not hard on the eyes at all)

 

[Colin Parkinson]

The people you see at nude beaches are not the people you want to see at nude beaches.

Or so I've been told.

Sort of like Wreck Beach here in Vancouver

 

[OldSolduer]

So remind me again when are we buying the used Aussie subs to bridge the capability gap?

I am joking here....

 

[FSTO]

So remind me again when are we buying the used Aussie subs to bridge the capability gap?

I am joking here....

 

[Spencer100]

So remind me again when are we buying the used Aussie subs to bridge the capability gap?

I am joking here....

But are you really joking?