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I think developments such as this, are a reason why drones and unmanned vehicles are 100% essential, and also, I think such will not make the navies of the world obsolete. Rather navies should do what you are doing, is review the technologies, consider their costs and capabilities, and embrace...

No. 12 conventional submarines - if that many procured - will be significant. Anyone who does not consider such in my view is failing to appreciate such. Given that significance, - A failure to think ahead (and says "overthinking" ) IMHO risks the capability of these boats being under used...

On the topic of submarines, to put the RCN planned procurement into perspective in regards to NATO countries, I thought to compare the RCN to some other NATO countries submarine fleets ... (where note, this list of mine may not be 100% accurate): I think the ten NATO countries with the largest...

Exactly. SSBN operations are compartmentalized. Which means SSBN deployments will be missing from any NATO underwater management. The same, to a lessor extent, is true for SSNs, which may have clandestine missions that are nationally not considered approprite to share will all of NATO nations...

For the skeptical - if i may point out: The February 2009 collision between HMS Vanguard and the French Le Triomphant—two SSBNs from NATO member states — collided in the Atlantic while conducting independent deterrent patrols under strict operational secrecy. The incident is often cited as...

I suspect this is only for exercises, where such coordination takes place. I believe the US, UK, and France fiercely protect the operational locations of their nuclear submarines (for both SSNs and SSBNs) from all, including alliance visibility, to preserve the operational security and...

I don't think anyone claimed precise submarine deployment timing nor precise submarine location should be public. The 'secrecy' argument IMHO falls short thou, when discussing generic top level considerations, especially if such considerations will lead to long lead item additional expensive...

One aspect of, how shall I say it (?) , for me, is what I perceive as a lack of more detailed exploration and a lack of debate of operational implementation aspects surrounding an agreed approved procurement of 12 conventional (AIP-Lithium battery propulsion) submarines. I suspect part of the...

Mk20 EOSS - reference The War Zone (typically associated with BAE 5-inch gun) and Mk20 EOSS - I believe on Arleigh Burke class destroyer (typically associated with BAE 5-inch gun) and Mk20 EOSS - on Triconderoga Class cruiser (typically associated with BAE 5-inch gun) and Narrow Field...

Its difficult to ascertain what 'smaller' devices are intended to represent on such a model, if one does not have a prior classified (at present) knowledge. Reference spotlights - yes - that is possible. However in my (granted outdated) experience is the seachlights are combined with signal...

Thanks for the photos. ... Of course it begs a couple questions: 1. how accurate are the renditions of the various pieces of equipment depicted ?? , and (2) what equipment is being depicted?? In some cases it is obvious. In other cases not so obvious. So i speculated on some - knowing full...

I think the gamble to no small extent, comes down to the ability to Command and Control, such 'drone' forces. There is no question, massive advances in AI have taken place, which help mitigate risks of friendly fire and collateral damage, but I suspect at present time there is a gamble this...

Reading on the Spanish west coast exploration of Canada, and the interaction with British explorers, is an interesting short read , for refreshing one's memory on this bit of history. At least it was for me. ... I kind of like the idea (to compete against other ideas) of using Canadian...

In the interest of exploring the idea of names for the submarines, and trying hard not to grind any axe, I noted Noah's suggestion of an "Island" class for the submarines, where I took that a step further, and for the sake of PURE SPECULATION and discussion, along those lines the names could...

No I am not fundamentally doing such. I guess I will have to explain such as you 100% missed such. If you go back and read the hypothetical proposed names you will see it is very different. The RCN has a history of using native names for warships which in the most part correspond to rivers...

Lol ... Thinking back to 1945 ... for a time there was HMCS U-190 and HMCS U-889.

I think selecting province names works, ... although one does has to avoid duplication (or accept duplication) with names of Rivers ... (for example there is a Saskatchewan River for example ) . As for avoiding native names, note some Canadian history - for those who are rusty on the topic ...

I want to point out specific words from the Canadian government website on the River Class Destroyer ... which clearly you did not read (granted it is a bit buried) .. https://www.canada.ca/en/navy/corporate/fleet-units/surface/river-class-destroyer.html After noting the 1st three River Class...

I don't think everyone shares that view for 'rejection' of "Tribal" naming for the River Class. Some (myself for one) thought it was time to replicate the names from the 'steamers' ... which is what they did. I served on a number of the steamers, and happy to see their names repeated in the...

While i had a preference for the KSS-III batch II, I also think the TKMS Type-212CD has the earmarks of a great submarine. I do believe that. I am encouraged by this not being a TKMS export submarine, but rather this being the same submarine being delivered to Norway and Germany. Why do I...