Why nuclear-powered submarines are better for Australia

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ANU Strategic and Defence Studies Centre’s Professor John Blaxland discusses why a nuclear-powered submarine is better for Australia than a conventional diesel-powered submarine.

“The technology for surveillance has got a lot better, there is now a really high rate of overflight with satellites … over Australia … combine that with artificial intelligence, you have the ability to detect any kind of surface disruption in the ocean,” Mr Blaxland told Sky News host Peta Credlin.

“The diesel-electric submarine has long been considered stealthy enough because we could do long transits and snort for a little bit to recharge the batteries and very unlikely you’d get spotted, of course, now, that likelihood is significantly declined.Read More

 

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Why not net-zero subs ..?!?

Paper in '18 seems to have almost made even the nuclear powered models not so stealthy. Wonder what tech is out there now/before 2030?

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