Originally Posted by ORAC
(Post 11373380)
Barrow-in-Furness or Adelaide.
Tricky choice….. Bigeest risk is how many other skilled workers they take with them when they go home. If the three countries/ four builders can get their drumbeats synchronised well enough there might be flying welders to go with flying winemakers from dunnunder. N |
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Has Australia got the shipyards needed to build submarines?
( Not taking the Mickey , I really do not know ) |
Originally Posted by Flugzeug A
(Post 11373912)
Has Australia got the shipyards needed to build submarines?
( Not taking the Mickey , I really do not know ) |
Originally Posted by Flugzeug A
(Post 11373912)
Has Australia got the shipyards needed to build submarines?
( Not taking the Mickey , I really do not know ) |
Osbourne has a ... chequered record ... at construction over the years but its all there is. main problem has been more attractive jobs elsewhere in SA
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Originally Posted by Asturias56
(Post 11374068)
Osbourne has a ... chequered record ... at construction over the years but its all there is. main problem has been more attractive jobs elsewhere in SA
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I know quite a few people in SA - and one of the issues seems to be training people to do ANY industrial job these days. Once the Car and white goods factories closed down the idea of working with machinery seems to have got a very bad name locally
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Originally Posted by artee
(Post 11374088)
And the Australian Submarine Corporation incurred the famous quote by the Defence Minister at the time - "I wouldn't trust them to build a canoe". It was 8 years ago, but even so...
Defence Minister David Johnston I understand that ASC has been restructured by a competent CEO and is now considered to be capable of building the future submarines - provided they can find, & train, sufficient staff. This is a problem affecting most companies in Western countries. |
Why I dont think the australian nuclear sub will have UK reactors
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...ired-with-glue |
And they were only found when the heads dropped off for a second time......................
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And they were only found when the heads dropped off for a second time...................... https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/212179...ne-super-glue/ |
Still - not exactly a brilliant story .............
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Originally Posted by ORAC
(Post 11377856)
Bit more complex than that - found during an inspection as part of the work verification process.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/212179...ne-super-glue/ This is right up there with the falsification of test results on steel used in the construction of USN submarines for about 20 years. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-b1954445.html |
https://www.theage.com.au/world/euro...02-p5chbk.html
British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace says building Canberra’s fleet of nuclear-powered submarines under the AUKUS pact is likely to be a tri-nation project, raising expectations Australia, the United Kingdom and United States will jointly develop a new generation of boats. |
yes - it'll be called the USN
and when will this "new generation" enter service? |
It’s quite clear from both articles that the bolt heads that were supposedly glued on, we’re holding the insulation on to the coolant pipes and not the pressure envelope(flanges).
Still not good and calls in to question the general standards. But that’s Laggers for you! |
Naïve questions - would it be technically feasible to build modules in different countries and then assemble them into a full submarine in another?
Would it be cost effective to do so - and allow an increase in output of yards in US, UK and a new yard in Australia? EG (gross oversimplification) - the Yanks build the reactor part, the Brits build the back and the Aussies build the front (yes I know submarines are extraordinarily complex, highly integrated pieces of equipment). Reactor and back are then shipped to Oz to be joined to front. I suspect I know the answer. |
Naïve questions - would it be technically feasible to build modules in different countries and then assemble them into a full submarine in another |
Originally Posted by tartare
(Post 11378944)
Naïve questions - would it be technically feasible to build modules in different countries and then assemble them into a full submarine in another?
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news...arine-program/ |
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