Leak Reveals First Details Of Australia’s New AUKUS Submarine "
(Naval news, April 1st) Australians expecting that their Navy will get Virginia or Astute class nuclear submarines have had their hopes dashed. Documents reveal that the go-forward AUKUS design will be based on an enlarged Collins Class submarine. The new class of submarine will be almost as large as the French Barracuda design (or in other words…. smaller) Pity you did not read the entire "article" and check/recognise the significance of the date. Gne . |
Originally Posted by Gne
(Post 11209956)
Leak Reveals First Details Of Australia’s New AUKUS Submarine "
(Naval news, April 1st) Australians expecting that their Navy will get Virginia or Astute class nuclear submarines have had their hopes dashed. Documents reveal that the go-forward AUKUS design will be based on an enlarged Collins Class submarine. The new class of submarine will be almost as large as the French Barracuda design (or in other words…. smaller) Pity you did not read the entire "article" and check/recognise the significance of the date. Gne . |
The whole story of this new submarine program is a joke. Let's wait and see you 10 years from now.
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Worth watching!
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https://www.politico.eu/article/us-u...rsonic-weapon/
US, UK, Australia team up on hypersonic weapons with eye on Russia and China LONDON — The U.S., the U.K. and Australia will start joint work on hypersonic missile technology and electronic warfare capabilities under the umbrella of the AUKUS security pact.…. |
Hypersonic ? It's really time to start working on it ! and US 80%, UK 19 %... and Oz 1% does seem a good plan.
Now for the huge and painful cancellation fee : dressing it up as a 1st April joke is a pityful way of denial ..... |
The technology to get Scramjet engines running was developed by the University of Queensland which was further developed by DARPA. Also, an Australian company has now designed a Scramjet engine that is much simpler (with a lot less moving parts) and can be 3D printed so the cost will be brought down to a level suitable for use in missiles so Australia is contributing to the project.
JeanKhul, you appear to have an issue with the contract cancellation but it was the right decision and it occurred at a point before further commitments were required. As part of the compensation, Naval Group now has a massive assembly building in Cherbourg, France that was built by French workers and paid for by Australian taxpayers - they are still winning despite the cancellation. |
Indeed - and it's real, and it works - unlike Russia's pathetic attempt to dress up the air-launched Iskander as some kind of new hypersonic missile.
See: https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...et-test-flight |
Originally Posted by tartare
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Indeed - and it's real, and it works - unlike Russia's pathetic attempt to dress up the air-launched Iskander as some kind of new hypersonic missile.
See: https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...et-test-flight I believe the Astute class would require massive redesign to accommodate these missiles which are not torpedo tube compatible. |
Originally Posted by JeanKhul
(Post 11211076)
Hypersonic ? It's really time to start working on it ! and US 80%, UK 19 %... and Oz 1% does seem a good plan.
Now for the huge and painful cancellation fee : dressing it up as a 1st April joke is a pityful way of denial ..... |
Also LM and Raytheon have been selected/agreed to be prime partners on the sovreign missile program. Dont what missiles they will acutally build locally t considering the range raytheon - Javenlin (with LM), Stinger, Tow, Iron dome, Davids sling, Tommahawk SM-2 / 6, AMMARAN, storm breaker, JSM, NASAM, Patriot (with LM) and LM have a few like spike, PrSM and LRASM
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TRAWLing as one does from time to time thru the BIG PDF online I came across these five PDF pages about plans in 2017? for transferring part or all of Garden Island (G.I.) now called Fleet Base East (or somfinkdiff by now) to Jervis Bay (JB) but the Marine Park was a problem. The site shown is where the ATOMIC REACTOR was going to be built - I believe the foundations for some buildings may still be there - but I have not been at the site for a LONG TIME - now that I think of it - perhaps a car park was constructed. In the early 1970s the Reactor plus a steel mill on NW shore line started a land buying frenzy around Nowra. |
Originally Posted by Going Boeing
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This is why I hope the RAN selects the Virginia class SSN as its Virginia Payload Tubes will be capable of storing/launching 3 hypersonic missiles in each tube.
I believe the Astute class would require massive redesign to accommodate these missiles which are not torpedo tube compatible. I'd be going with Uncle Sam if I was them. If they're revealing HAWC successes now - then suspect they're well on the way with other weapons. With help from us of course as noted by earlier posters. Area 51 and White Sands aren't the only big, empty, sandy places around... ;) |
I think.
Virginia 138 / Astute 98 = less crew = end of story. |
Originally Posted by golder
(Post 11212268)
I think.
Virginia 138 / Astute 98 = less crew = end of story. |
Speaking of missiles…
https://www.defensenews.com/global/a...several-years/ Australia accelerates missile upgrade program by several years |
Both the UK and the USA have problems building SSN's fast enough - however the US has significantly more capacity and a a programme which stretches out for far longer. They are also somewhat further ahead with the design of a possible long term replacement. It would be crazy to buy Astutes rather than Virginia's IMHO - the RAN is going to spend 99% of it's operational time working with the USN and 1% with the RN
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So as well as new loadouts for the jets and subs, imagine there might also be a few hypersonic missile TEL vehicles roaming around the Territory a few years from now.
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Australia, Britain and the United States have asked Japan to join the security pact AUKUS, Sankei newspaper reported, citing multiple government sources.
AUKUS expects synergy with Japanese technologies on areas such as hypersonic weapons and electronic warfare, Sankei said. For those amongst us who can read Japanese.. https://www.sankei.com/article/20220...FHLLJHSZHUYQU/ |
Originally Posted by ORAC
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Australia, Britain and the United States have asked Japan to join the security pact AUKUS, Sankei newspaper reported, citing multiple government sources.
AUKUS expects synergy with Japanese technologies on areas such as hypersonic weapons and electronic warfare, Sankei said. For those amongst us who can read Japanese.. https://www.sankei.com/article/20220...FHLLJHSZHUYQU/ I still think an aukus +, US, UK, Aus, Japan, Singaore and SK should be created as a equals |
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