[Dan Middleton]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Dechaineux_%28SSG_76%29

“On 12 February 2003, Dechaineux was operating near her maximum safe diving depth off the coast of Western Australia when a seawater hose burst.[17] The high-pressure seawater flooded the lower engine room before the hose was sealed off: it was estimated that if the inflow had continued for another twenty seconds, the weight of the water would have prevented Dechaineux from returning to the surface.[17] The RAN recalled the Collins class submarines to base after the incident, and after engineers were unable to determine the flaw in the pipes that caused the incident, instructed that the maximum safe depth of the class be reduced.[17]”

Incompetent Australian engineers, LMAO, amirite?

People post the same type of derisive comments every time there’s a thread that mentions Russian military hardware, its actual capabilities and record notwithstanding.

[Dan Middleton]

Or perhaps you'd like to defame the Swedes' engineering skills for the ongoing gremlins afflicting Dechaineux and her hapless sisters?

[narses]

How many years was the Dechaineux in shipyard waiting to be completed? Since the Nerpa spent FIFTEEN years in construction, due to poverty on the part of Russia, it suffered. More than HALF of the original Akula class are no longer in service.

You may be impressed by Russian garbage, I am not.