An artist’s impression of the German Type 216 submarine that TKMS hoped to build for the Royal Australian Navy.
Posted on 05/29/2016 10:33:49 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
An artist’s impression of the German Type 216 submarine that TKMS hoped to build for the Royal Australian Navy.
I’m curious if there was another reason for their rejection, but I don’t wish to pay for a subscription today.
France is raising a toast to celebrate their HUGE $150 Bilion Dollar contract. Australia now has both Japan and Germany mad at them. Both can be formidable as enemies when they decide to.
America wasn’t even a contender in the running.
I am pleased the Aussies have recognized the true threat that exists from China. These boats will counter any Chinese visions of dominating the Aussies for many years.
Be it said that modern propulsion boats now being turned out by the Europeans are stealthier than any of the outdated US nuc fleet now in the water. Nucs have great staying power and range, but no longer can match tactically the newest of non-nuc designs, and are better value when the mission is tailored to their strengths.
Are the speeds really that slow?
Ze French hookers are ooo la la!
As perfidious as the French government has been over the last 50 years, would you trust a French company to build a critical defense component?
They got das boot?
Source please
Bingo. One would think a successful track record would matter in these expensive and critical defense procurements.
Smart move by the Australians since US shipyards don't build diesel subs. The last time the U.S. Navy commissioned a diesel sub was 1959...
The real reason could literally have been anything. But the Aussies deliberately added insult to injury by saying it was too noisy without showing any data. That’s a real slap in the face to Germany’s submarine engineering.
I wonder if it had to do with Germany’s pro-Dhimmi positions. When one powerful country starts to support voluntary Muslim invasion and rape of its women, other powerful countries find ways of pushing back.
I would think France’s Sub having the capability for vertical launched cruise missiles might have been factor in selection.
Submarine silencing technology was some of the stuff Bill Clinton traded off to China and I wouldn’t really trust buying high price tagged military equipment from countries undergoing Islamification.
I wonder why there where no U.S bids? Probably because we’re not trusted either.
Did the French submarine achieve its silence by ejecting the prop?
Seems more likely to me that French hookers were involved than the French building a submarine (or anything else) better than the Germans.
Sure they are silent but when they have to recharge the batteries they are very vulnerable. SSN and SSBN have battery back up where they can go silent just enough to get away from you and restart the power when safe.
With diesel they know soon enough you must come to periscope depth and recharge the batteries.
lol
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