Royal Australian Navy Discussions and Updates 2.0

[seaspear]

This same group entertain suggestions of ringing the country with drones believing submarines are old school wtf

 

[iambuzzard]

This same group entertain suggestions of ringing the country with drones believing submarines are old school wtf

Some people can't be educated. Dullness seems to be in epidemic proportions at the moment.

 

[hauritz]

I am not seeing any major differences between the Australian and UK versions of the AUKUS submarines. They seem to be basically the same boat down to the AN/BYG-1 combat system.

If that's the case surely we should be able to start construction, perhaps as early as this decade.

 

[SammyC]

I am not seeing any major differences between the Australian and UK versions of the AUKUS submarines. They seem to be basically the same boat down to the AN/BYG-1 combat system.

If that's the case surely we should be able to start construction, perhaps as early as this decade.

I think the current program sees first construction in 2029. It's just a long slow build for the first hull.

 

[Sandson41]

A news article I come across regarding construction of the RN SSN AUKUS

Britian to begin building new attack submarines

I note in the same article they describe how...

...the fifth SSN-AUKUS reactor is already in manufacture at Raynesway

Seems odd to me that the construction of the reactor doesn't count towards building the submarine, only the first cutting of steel for the hull. In any event, some real progress has apparently been made.

 

[Going Boeing]

I briefly spoke to a guy who’s involved with the reactors for the SSN AUKUS and he was very guarded about what he could say but did indicate that the reactors will have 40 years of fuel life and the reactor version is known internally as PWR3+ which is because of design changes from the PWR3 being fitted to the Dreadnought class.

 

[iambuzzard]

I briefly spoke to a guy who’s involved with the reactors for the SSN AUKUS and he was very guarded about what he could say but did indicate that the reactors will have 40 years of fuel life and the reactor version is known internally as PWR3+ which is because of design changes from the PWR3 being fitted to the Dreadnought class.

If that's the case, and with the Mogamis having a similar lifespan, If the powers that be have any common sense we should have a continuous production line with updates as required. The Japanese do it very well.