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Comment on Japanese Media Now Openly Talking about Japan-Australia Soryu Deal by Corey Wallace

Corey Wallace — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 12:52:08 +0000

My sincerest apologies, I missed this particular comment. I think you make some great points and it seems that the likelihood the two countries will do something together on the submarine front. An interesting development has been the announcement that Japan will very soon attempt to integrate Lithium-ion batteries into an evolved Soryu. See here http://www.defensenews.com/article/20140929/DEFREG03/309290032/Japan-Make-Major-Switch-Sub-Propulsion

Comment on Japanese Media Now Openly Talking about Japan-Australia Soryu Deal by Capt Jim Brunton

Capt Jim Brunton — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 06:58:08 +0000

I think the Soryu is a great submarine.And I support most strongly its aquasitiuon as a successor to the ill fated Collins Class.The announcement has just been made by the Aus Government, and at the very fair price we are offered, it has got to be a great buy.The engine plant will be a welcome boost to Australia, after the stuff ups of the Husqvarna diesels[Never built a marine engine in its life-only Lawn Mowers.And this is our answer to cutting edge technology.No wonder they did not work.So I say the buying of the Soryu type is great news.It has the stealth, the weapons, and the SIZE to make it a great Patrol Boat.Also its bigger and better than Germany’s latest U-Boat design, for Israel, which has a rediculous height to length ratio.And is thus easily detected and knocked out.Who esigned it -Al Fatah???Plus,Soryu has a faster and more reliable engine.Fuel range can be increased to suit Australian needs, provided the Japanese designers are happy with this.J.B. Melbourne.Australia.P.S. Well done Mitsubishi.I was a ship Captain chartered to them for years.What a great organisation.And what good people.J.B.

Comment on ‘Marine Week 2011′ Offers Insight into the ROK’s Current & Future Naval Warfare Trajectory (Part 2) by M Carling

M Carling — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 20:19:40 +0000

What is the latest on the RSS-500A? Is construction underway?

Comment on Guest Post: Have the Dokdo Ad Wars Begun? by South Korea Buys Stealth Fighters—Too Bad It’s All For Show - |

South Korea Buys Stealth Fighters—Too Bad It’s All For Show - | — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 06:07:17 +0000

[…] China—and asserting its sovereignty over disputed territories such as the islands of Ieodo and Dokdo/Takeshima. “It is only natural that we prefer such wondrous aircraft because they give us the capability […]

Comment on Senkaku Breakthrough: Taiwan and Japan agree on fishing rights by Unofficially Official: The U.S. Rebalance to Asia-Pacific and the U.S.-Japan-Taiwan alliance | Asia Security Watch

Wed, 23 Oct 2013 16:16:14 +0000

[…] as much as it is about the exercise of fishing rights. In this respect, Tokyo and Taipei reached a fisheries agreement last April in in an extraordinary exercise of pragmatism on both sides. Current Japanese PM Shinzo […]

Comment on Senkaku Breakthrough: Taiwan and Japan agree on fishing rights by Unofficially Official: The U.S. Rebalance to Asia-Pacific and the U.S.-Japan-Taiwan alliance | Japan Security Watch

Wed, 23 Oct 2013 15:56:44 +0000

Comment on Japan’s Regional Security Environment and Possibilities for Conflict by The TPP: “Strategic Economic” Partnerships « Working Group for Peace & Demilitarization in Asia & the Pacific

Fri, 18 Oct 2013 16:06:58 +0000

[…] From a July 2012 article in Asia Security Watch, “Japan’s Regional Security Environment and Possibilities for Conflict:” […]

Comment on US Missile Restrictions on South Korea & Their Loopholes by ROK Military Parades, S. Korean Cruise Missiles, and Evolving DPRK Diplomacy | New Pacific Institute

Fri, 13 Sep 2013 03:09:22 +0000

[…] be a public showing of the domestically-designed Hyunmoo-3c (Hyeonmu, 현무) cruise missile. The Hyunmoo-3c carries a 500 kg conventional warhead and possesses a range of 1,500 km. It is designed […]

Comment on Price of F-35 Theoretically Eliminates it from South Korea’s F-X III Fighter Competition by Has South Korea Lost the East Asian Stealth Race? | Center for International Maritime SecurityCenter for International Maritime Security

Tue, 03 Sep 2013 17:00:46 +0000

[…] price advantage in competition with the F-35A. Though the F-15SE does not actually exist yet, the New Pacific Institute estimates by looking at previous F-15 K sticker pricesthat a sixty plane order would cost $6 […]

Comment on Price of F-35 Theoretically Eliminates it from South Korea’s F-X III Fighter Competition by Has South Korea lost the East Asian stealth race? - The World Outline | The World Outline

Sun, 01 Sep 2013 17:56:27 +0000