By David Dunlop, 20 September 2021 The French government has immediately recalled their Ambassadors to the US and Australia amid the Australian government's decision to cancel the DCNS Barracuda Block 1A 12 boat submarine deal reached in 2016. Recalling an Ambassador from any country, especially with allied partners, is not […]
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By Brian Bertosa, 19 September 2021 It is said that an unlikely personal friendship between Rear Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, USN, widely regarded as the person most responsible (in the West, at any rate) for the development of the pressurized water reactor (PWR) as a form of submarine propulsion, and […]
By David Dunlop, 16 September 2021 Australia has now done an about-face and scrapped the 12 boat French DCNS Barracuda Block 1A submarine deal. The French/Naval Group naturally are livid but a deal among the US, UK and Australia has just been announced to transfer nuclear technology to Australia. Up […]
David Dunlop, 14 July 2021 The Canadian Press reported that the RCN has initiated the long-anticipated push to replace Canada's Victoria class submarines. Some would say, too little, too late but the first baby steps have now been taken in what is likely to be a controversial debate. The CAF […]
Canada is in the early stages of thinking about replacing its submarines. Submarines are not part of the National Shipbuilding Strategy, but they are mentioned in the new defence policy. As complex platforms, they’re extremely expensive, and it will be a long and painful process before Canada has them and […]
Given that people are talking about the need to make a decision about new submarines for the Canadian Navy, it’s perhaps useful to look at the experience elsewhere. Australia is always a good comparison for Canada, and it recently decided to procure new submarines. But clearly there are already some […]
In the early 1990s, the acquisition of new conventional submarines, as promised by the Conservative government after the cancellation of the nuclear submarine program in 1989, was believed unattainable. Thus the naval program was realigned and changed to “Maintain the Submarine Capability “as it was evident that the OBERON Class […]
A fascinating and thought-provoking article which leads one to wonder about plans to replace the Victoria-class and whether the French would ever talk to Canada again about submarine procurement. Read more: https://defence.frontline.online/article/2016/5/5503
6 October 2016. Photos taken from satellites (image unavailable) seem to indicate that North Korea is developing a huge submarine that will be capable of launching ballistic missiles. This would add to the nuclear capabilities North Korea already has. Despite years of sanctions, drought, floods, starvation, and everything else, North […]
Great insight to the RN's submarine service! http://www.savetheroyalnavy.org/the-silent-deep-book-review/