Category: Nuclear energy

After Russia, North Korea is surfing on the fantasy of the nuclear torpedo capable of creating a Tsunami

On March 1, 2018, during a televised address as part of the presidential election campaign, President Vladimir Putin publicly announced the upcoming arrival, within the Russian armed forces, of 6 new weapons that will bring the world, and Westerners in particular, to “listen to Russia again,” in his words. Beyond the hypersonic weapons Kinzhal and Avangard as well as the new ICBM Sarmat, all now well known, the Russian president presented a "nuclear-powered" cruise missile, the 9M730 Burevestnik, an anti-aircraft and laser space defense system designated Peresvet , as well as a weapon that, since its presentation, arouses many…

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Canberra, London and Washington presented a solid strategy to equip Australia with nuclear attack submarines

The acquisition of nuclear attack submarines (SNA) by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), announced 18 months ago now as part of the creation of the AUKUS alliance between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, had raised many questions about the real feasibility of such a program, but also about the costs which will, without a doubt, be very high to allow the RAN to go from 6 conventional submarines from the Collins class to 8 SNAs of American or British design, even though the country does not have a civilian nuclear industry. The presentation, during the AUKUS Event in San Diego…

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Strategy unveiled regarding Australia's acquisition of nuclear attack submarines

Following the end of the SEA 1000 program awarded to the French Naval Group for the construction of 12 conventionally powered ocean-going submarines, and the announcement of the formation of the AUKUS alliance bringing together Australia, Great Britain and the States, one of whose objectives was to provide the Royal Australian Navy with nuclear attack submarines, speculation has been as numerous as the denials of the Canberra authorities. For many observers, indeed, and not without objective reasons, this changeover operated by Canberra would be both very difficult and very expensive to implement, not to mention the many technological and industrial ruts that it…

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AUKUS: The sale of American submarines to Australia could be a zero-sum game according to the US Congress

Beyond the diplomatic crisis generated with France following the cancellation of the Attack-class submarine program, the program aimed at equipping the Royal Australian Navy with nuclear-powered submarines of American-British construction, in the framework of the AUKUS alliance, could well turn out to be a zero-sum game. In any case, this is the warning given by two American senators, the Democratic senator from Rhode Island Jack Reed and the Republican senator from Oklahoma, James Inhofe, in a letter sent on December 21 to the White House. "We believe that current conditions require a sober assessment of the facts to avoid stressing...

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A US senator suggests creating a technology alliance between the USA, France and Canada inspired by AUKUS

The creation of the AUKUS alliance bringing together Australia, Great Britain and the United States a little more than a year ago, severely damaged relations between Paris and these three countries, especially since it involved the unilateral cancellation of the SEA 1000 contract to design and build 13 Attack-class submarines sold by France in 2015, to replace them with 8 American or British-made nuclear attack submarines. Beyond the difficulties encountered by Canberra in organizing the transition to such a fleet, as well as the additional costs and delays that such a decision generates, it took many months, and the change...

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The US Air Force wants to deploy a nuclear micro-reactor on the Eielson base in Alaska

A time almost abandoned, the Eielson air base, located about forty kilometers from Fairbanks in Alaska, now hosts the 354th fighter group, strong of the 18th Agressor squadron aligning 18 F-16 C / D, as well as 355th and 356th Fighter Squadrons for 54 F-35As. In addition, there are the 168th in-flight restoration squadron mounted on KC-135 Stratotankers, and the 210th rescue squadron on HH-60G Pave Hawks. In total, there are now more than 3500 men and women who live and work on this air base with a runway of almost 4500 meters, to ensure the protection of space...

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China, too, would develop a nuclear-powered torpedo

The imminent arrival of the strategic couple formed by the nuclear-powered missile submarine Belgorod, a variation of the Antey class, and the nuclear-powered strategic drone torpedo Poseidon, within the Russian Navy, has caused much ink to flow. in recent weeks in the West, even if the effective strategic contribution of this pair capable of eliminating a large coastal city with its head of 2 megatons, is more than debatable. However, the principle has apparently inspired Chinese engineers, who have just announced the design of a torpedo equipped with a miniaturized nuclear reactor. On the other hand, the operational concept targeted by the Chinese Navy differs…

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Why the Russian Belgorod submarine and the 2M39 Poseidon nuclear torpedo do not change anything?

On the occasion of the campaign for the 2018 Russian presidential election, outgoing President Vladimir Putin aroused a certain astonishment in the West by publicly presenting certain "revolutionary" military programs, supposed to give a decisive advantage to the Russian armies for the decade to come. come. Among these programs, the RS-28 SARMAT ICBM missiles and the Avangard hypersonic glider are due to enter service this year, while the Kinzhal airborne hypersonic missile has already equipped some Mig-31Ks modified since 2019. The nuclear-powered cruise missile Burevestnik has more or less fallen into oblivion. As for the nuclear-powered heavy torpedo…

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The 4 major advances of the new Chinese aircraft carrier CV-18 Fujian

As expected, the new Chinese aircraft carrier, dubbed CV-18 Fujian, was launched on Friday in Shanghai, marking a new stage in the industrial and operational evolution of the People's Liberation Army Navy. Beyond the undeniable industrial success for Beijing, which will have launched in less than 12 years 3 aircraft carriers of increasing technology and tonnage, the Fujian constitutes a key asset for the Chinese Navy in its showdown in the making with the US Navy and its allies, offering several major advances in the capabilities that will be available to the Chinese military and industrialists in the years to come, ranging from electric propulsion…

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Can France lease nuclear attack submarines from Australia?

The announcement of the Australian decision to unilaterally cancel the contract for the local construction of 12 conventionally powered Attak-class submarines by Prime Minister Scott Morrison in September 2021 was, in substance as well as in form , perceived by France as a deep humiliation, provoking one of the most serious diplomatic crises in recent decades between France and the triptych gathered around the new AUKUS alliance, Australia, the United States and Great Britain. For Canberra, it was a question of turning to nuclear-powered submarines, considered more capable of meeting the future needs of…

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