Description: A professional level blog on strategic matters, especially submarines (nuclear and conventional) in English, Hindi & most other major languages.
I write about nuclear propelled subs and SSK selection, political and technical matters. As well as other technical and political topics.
Andrew Tillett, for the Australian Financial Review ( AFR ) has written an excellent article AUKUS subs deal ‘could worsen US shortfall, blunt China deterrence of August 21, 2023. The AFR article is marked “Exclusive” see "Comments" below this SubMatts article.
The AFR article is heavily based on Congressional Research Service report Navy Virginia (SSN-774) Class Attack Submarine Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress of August 15, 2023, numbered RL32418, which raises such major issues as: