SNN Aukus at the back of the queue
By Peter Briggs*
The SSN AUKUS ‘optimal pathway’ calls for the UK to build the first of the nuclear powered and conventionally armed attack submarines...
RAN officers in US N-sub training
Three Royal Australian Navy (RAN) officers began the U.S. Navy’s Submarine Officer Basic Course (SOBC), known commonly as “Submarine School,” where they will learn...
ANZAC SSN: not so optimal pathway
By Peter Briggs*
Doubts about America’s capacity to build and then sell to Australia a series of Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarines (SSNs) under the AUKUS agreement...
Update: Virginia-class and AUKUS plan
On 13 February the US Congressional Research Service provided its latest update to Congress on Virginia-Class Submarine Program and AUKUS Submarine Proposal. The introduction...
Norway’s game-changing new sub
Norway is investing in new submarines that will be ‘game changers’ for the Royal Norwegian Navy (RNoN) and for Norway’s wider defence and security...
Japanese whale subs to hunt Chinese vessels
In October, Kawasaki Heavy Industries launched Japan’s newest submarine in a ceremony at its shipyard in Kobe, Japan, Business Insider reports. Named, JS Raigei...
37 RAN sailors head for Guam N-sub training
Australia is getting serious about nuclear submarine maintenance as 37 sailors head to Guam to train aboard the sub tender USS Emory S. Land,...
AUKUS submarines: cutting risk, costs and time
By Peter Briggs*
In a recent article for The Strategist I painted a depressing picture of the UK’s submarine capability—a force undercapitalised, with inadequate facilities,...
Doubts about AUKUS Pillar I
By Matthew C. Mai*
The AUKUS security pact is an ambitious undertaking. The sale of three to five Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) to Australia...
Decline of RN’s submarine arm
By Peter Briggs*
Britain’s Royal Navy has advertised for a suitably experienced individual to fill the role of its director of submarines, a rear admiral...