Comments by "" (@craigkdillon) on "H I Sutton" channel.

  1. To me, these seem to be doing the work of the WWs Mulberries - the portable landing docks/piers the allies used in Normandy.
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  2. These USV's would be better if they were submerged just below the surface. Harder to detect, and harder to target. They would just need an antenna, and an air intake above the water.
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  3. I know our Navy loves nuclear subs, and rightly so. However, the fact that an AIP sub costs 15% to 20% of the cost of a nuclear, I think that AIP subs might be useful in the US Navy. Wouldn't they be particularly useful in the archipelagos of Indonesia and Philippines? Would they be useful against the Chinese Navy?? Plus, if we had our own AIP subs, then we would become very familiar with them, maybe making the rest of our Navy better able to deal with them. I would like to hear a discussion about what the US Navy thinks of them, why we don't have any, and if AIP is under consideration.
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  4.  @philsalvatore3902  True. Range is an issue. But --- I still think DE subs can be useful for Australia defense. They would useful for sub patrols around Australia, the Solomon Islands, and Papua, and Indonesian waters. For Australia, nuclear subs are needed to effect the SCS and Philippine Seas. For US, DE subs make no sense since we operate almost 100% far away.
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  5.  @philsalvatore3902  That is why they are getting nuclear subs.
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