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In the past I was posting weekly regular segments from a Thursday Email I receive regularly. I am now continuing this, but limiting it strictly to any submarine news, which could mean postings will be intermittent. Submarines are only one part of a broader defense 'picture' I now, all related and interconnected . However I feel this new way is the most practical approach on the message board here.
Steve
US considers alternative submarine propulsions
The US Department of Defense (DoD) is exploring an advanced concept for propelling submarines using pulsed water-jets similar to those in jet-ski recreational craft. [Jane’s Defence Weekly – first posted to http://jdw.janes.com – 3 October 2003]
Sweden relaunches HMS Sodermanland with Stirling AIP propulsion
Kockums (Karlskrona, Sweden) has relaunched the Swedish Navy's Type A 17 submarine HMS Sodermanland (commissioned 1989) on 8 September following an extensive, multiyear mid-life update refit. The event at the HDW-owned shipyard will be followed by harbor acceptance trials and six months of sea trials, the latter starting at the beginning of 2004. [Jane's International Defense Review - first posted to http://idr.janes.com - 16 September 2003]
Norway receives first tropicalized submarine
The first of six Royal Norwegian Navy (RNoN) Ula-class submarines to undergo an extensive tropicalization upgrade is expected back in service this month (October). The boat, KNM Ula, was equipped with the Nordseewerke (Emden, Germany)-designed suite at the RNoN dockyard in Bergen in a project that extended its normally-scheduled overhaul by six months. The tropicalization kit will now be installed in the other five submarines as they come in for their regular refit, said Commander Norwegian Submarine Flotilla Captain Harald Hakonsen. [Jane's International Defense Review - first posted to http://idr.janes.com - 16 September 2003]
Steve
US considers alternative submarine propulsions
The US Department of Defense (DoD) is exploring an advanced concept for propelling submarines using pulsed water-jets similar to those in jet-ski recreational craft. [Jane’s Defence Weekly – first posted to http://jdw.janes.com – 3 October 2003]
Sweden relaunches HMS Sodermanland with Stirling AIP propulsion
Kockums (Karlskrona, Sweden) has relaunched the Swedish Navy's Type A 17 submarine HMS Sodermanland (commissioned 1989) on 8 September following an extensive, multiyear mid-life update refit. The event at the HDW-owned shipyard will be followed by harbor acceptance trials and six months of sea trials, the latter starting at the beginning of 2004. [Jane's International Defense Review - first posted to http://idr.janes.com - 16 September 2003]
Norway receives first tropicalized submarine
The first of six Royal Norwegian Navy (RNoN) Ula-class submarines to undergo an extensive tropicalization upgrade is expected back in service this month (October). The boat, KNM Ula, was equipped with the Nordseewerke (Emden, Germany)-designed suite at the RNoN dockyard in Bergen in a project that extended its normally-scheduled overhaul by six months. The tropicalization kit will now be installed in the other five submarines as they come in for their regular refit, said Commander Norwegian Submarine Flotilla Captain Harald Hakonsen. [Jane's International Defense Review - first posted to http://idr.janes.com - 16 September 2003]