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10 year Aus Sub capability GAP could be filled by Aus NON-Sub Alternatives

In response to Kev's comment at 10/04/2026 8:02 PMThe end of the Life Of Type Extended ("LOTEd") Collins (in about, as you say, 2044) to actual Commissionings of SSN-AUKUS for Australia (in about 2054,...

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Pre-Palm Oil Plantation Fires in Indonesia AGAIN: Singapore Smoked Again

Australia's Government owned ABC News reports October 8, 2026 at https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-08/indonesian-government-sued-over-worsening-wildfire/107237412"Indonesian government faces...

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Australia a Role Model For Upgraded Japanese Security Intelligence: AUKUS

Pete CommentFor a country, like Japan, to join an alliance, like AUKUS, that handles high-end Top Secret material, a country needs a robust, integrated and coordinated security-intelligence structure....

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Recent Major Weapons Buys Around the Indo-Pacific Region

AI Overview  [As at October 1, 2026] "Recent major weapons acquisitions and defense deals across the Indo-Pacific region highlight a rapid buildup driven by countering regional strategic competition....

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China Could Catch Up With USN SSN Numbers By the Late 2030s

"US intelligence officials AI report that China is shifting its new submarine construction toward an all-nuclear model, though a complete transition of its existing operational fleet will take many...

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US Attitude to a Japanese Nuclear Submarine: China Killer

U.S. strategists and Navy officials quietly welcome Japan's exploration of nuclear-powered submarines, viewing them as a practical way to counter China's expanding blue-water naval fleet. [1, 2]Key...

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Nuclear Submarine HEU Dump for Australia Extremely Problematic

Reported by Australia's Government owned ABC News. An up to A$300 Billion bomb grade highly enriched uranium (HEU) submarine reactor waste dump (see item 7 below) in Australia will forever remain...

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No US SSNs for Australia Policy: Valid? Invalid?

Navy Virginia-Class Submarine Program and AUKUS Submarine (Pillar 1) Project: Background and Issues for Congress, February 11, 2025, Congressional Research Service,...

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USN sees South Korea & Japan wanting nuclear submarines differently

AI Reports September 12, 2026The U.S. Navy’s stance on South Korea’s nuclear submarine ambitions represents a notable "speed control" effort that directly contrasts with its open, encouraging view...

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Japan not ruling out Nuclear Subs after US offers positive view

Jesse Johnson, Staff Writer for the Japan Times, on September 11, 2026 reportshttps://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/11/japan/koizumi-japan-us-nuclear-submarines/Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi...

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US says South Korea doesn’t need a nuclear submarine if sub never leaves...

South Korea's HANKYOREH on September 11, 2026 reported https://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_international/1277423.htmlSeoul shouldn’t pursue nuclear submarine purely as ‘status symbol,’...

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Singapore Navy: New MRCVs, OPVs, 218SG subs & Landing Craft under construction

Republic of Singapore picture of third future MRCV (Vigilance) carried by Naval News September 3, 2026---The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) has two major new vessel classes currently under...

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More Bang for the Buck! East Coast Australian Nuclear Submarine Base

For the small fee of one standard Henderson Defence Precinct $70 Billion infrastructure project - communities with east coast nuclear submarine base aspirations are competing for the rights to host...

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​"Huge waste’ of defence budget to build AUKUS-class submarines in Australia"

Australia's The Weekly Times on September 4, 2026 reported : ​..."Former [long term] foreign minister Alexander Downer believes that building AUKUS-class submarines in Adelaide is a “huge waste” of...

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Japan's Type-25 HVGP & HCM Hypersonic Weapons: Japan hypersonics in Australia

Japan’s new Type 25 hypersonic missile family are changing the operational picture in the region from the 25SSM hypersonic cruise missile to the 25HGP hypersonic glide variant.---Comments by...

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French Hypersonic Weapons Maturing

On September 2, 2026 I Google AI'd :  Yes, France is actively developing hypersonic weapons. [1, 2]Key Hypersonic ProgramsASN4G Missile: The French Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) officially...

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ASA nuclear waste at HMAS Stirling & Later Weapons Grade HEU Storage

The Australian Submarine Agency (ASA) has released "Australian Submarine Agency completes environmental reporting baseline assessment at HMAS Stirling"on August 30, 2026 at...

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Japan’s New Sub-Launched Hypersonic Missile Plan Marks New Era in...

BySteve Balestrieri  "Japan’s New Submarine-Launched Hypersonic Missile Plan Mark a New Era in Indo-Pacific Deterrence and China Is Watching Closely" of August 28,...

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Shortest Way for Australia to develop Nuclear Weapons: Hire 1,000s of Israelis.

Can the Trump/Hegseth regime presiding over formerly trustworthy America now be trusted to endanger its own nuclear safety in order to protect its allies like Ukraine, NATO, Australia and free Asia...

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Early Singapore Involvement: Australia's "We Will Build an ICBM" Threat...

Singapore and Gilmore Space TechnologiesAdam Gilmour (above) CEO, Co-Founder of Gilmour Space Technologies with ERIS Block 1, Australia's dual-use capable rocket. ERIS has the classic ICBM size and...

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