Thanks thinkabit,
I still say plenty of dumb stuff though.
Occasionally I say something worthwhile.

How This Chinese Hypersonic Fleet Killer Will Counter U.S. Navy
http://youtu.be/9TPSJ2yB1mM

Drones which receive their attack info could easily be stopped by the
usual interference generators over a very wide range of frequencies.
Problem is it stops your own data collection.
There might be quite sneaky ways around that problem.
Large radar would be near impossible on drones so some techniques just
may not work so they could not collect their own data.

I know this is an anonymous forum, but would the Admirals, Generals and assorted Field Marshal's please identify yourselves. There is Captain Mainwaring of course from Dads Army here, but since nothing has been posted in Russian I assume Field Marshal Zhukov is not with us. Does anyone know what ever happened to Zhuky? All this militaria expertise is overwhelming. BTW, did anyone here actually graduate from the Boys Scouts, maybe with a Woodchuck Badge 2nd class?

Armchair Critic- Starlink looks interesting- thanks for mentioning it. Usually you block out comms using a powerful dumb antenna. Any idiot can do it, this is why Austel regulates high power antenna's and radio frequency bands. And they will triangulate and destroy pirate signals.

When I was an adviser to the French concerning conventional (diesel-electric) submarines I had no inkling the French Attack-class project would be terminated by Australia in 2021.

Regarding Biden's 2021 offer of Virginia-class nuclear subs to Australia under AUKUS, the US will not produce enough extra Virginias to sell to Australia until the late 2040s. The US Navy (USN) is therefore advising current and future US Presidents that the USN needs all the operational Virginias it can get right through to the 2040s.

Meanwhile Australian made, UK designed, SSN-AUKUSs will likely not be available to the RAN until the late 2040s.

Why do we need nuclear subs?

Not to project conventional weapons. Nuclear propelled subs for Australia are envisaged as being possible platforms for nuclear tipped hypersonic missiles in the 2050s.

"Not to project conventional weapons. Nuclear propelled subs for Australia are envisaged as being possible platforms for nuclear tipped hypersonic missiles in the 2050s."

- Finally some truth.
We're all on a 'need to know' basis.
- And we the people don't 'need to know' the real plans.

We're just the ones expected to pay for it.