Gents, Youtuber Sub Brief is going to re-stream his take on the Attack Class sub in about 16 hours. He is a former USN Sonarman and creates videos documenting various historical and current submarines ...

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We would be better off buying the actual Barracuda SSN, not the over priced pieces of smeg brought to us by Sean Costello.Which is what we are getting, Shortfin BarracudaThey're not ...

[quote=don_dunstan]You go on to say Astute Class but is there any guarantee we'd be allowed to participate in that project either? Also realistically you've got to sell the use of nuclear to the Austr ...

[quote=RTT_Rules][quote]The US is keen to sell us platforms, but there are limitations. Australia does enjoy a superior level of access to the technology over other US partners, but it isn't open ende ...

We would be better off buying the actual Barracuda SSN, not the over priced pieces of smeg brought to us by Sean Costello.Which is what we are getting, Shortfin Barracuda

[quote=don_dunstan]The F-35 (ordered by the Gillard government for Australia) is proving to be a very expensive and overly-heavy aircraft so the United States is coming up with something cheaper... [u ...

[quote=Aaron][quote][color=#000000][size=2][font=Roboto, wf_SegoeUI,][i]An incredibly rare juncture where I agree with you: The US has an obligation under ANZUS to sell us whatever we need. A couple o ...

[quote=don_dunstan]An incredibly rare juncture where I agree with you: The US has an obligation under ANZUS to sell us whatever we need. A couple of second-hand nuclear submarines at a fraction of the ...

Carrying on from the now-closed thread -

What a shame we can't change our order for the cheaper, lightweight, lower-tech version being developed.

[quote=don_dunstan]The decision was made in Australia 12 months ago that they didn't want to risk the virus running around in the community like they did in some other countries and that they'd much r ...

I can't for the life of me understand why anyone watches free to air TV anymore. I haven't had my TV connected to an antenna for 12+ years. Never had Foxtel either.

I just pay $11 per month for You ...

[quote=bevans]“I know every Victorian on Monday morning wants to know whether this is going to finish on Wednesday night,’’ the Victorian Premier told reporters today. “I’m not in a position ...

[quote=bevans]The ABC is now reporting NSW Health have now been messaging returned NSW residents (having returned from Victoria) to no longer isolate for 14 days but must isolate until advised further ...

Stop the planes

That said, once people are back, no one should be leaving until this thi ...

They have made the right decision. Hard and fast lockdown, don't piss about waiting around.

Five days is fine, I don't want the three month ordeal again.

[quote=kuldalai][quote]The Melbourne City Loop is 40 years old this week.

What are you memories of the construction and the early riding of the loop?

I recall passing Flagstaff station which was ...

[quote=don_dunstan]I really don't understand how he's supposed to be racist, the man denounced white supremacy in speeches many times at President. And don't come back with "but he was a polarising fo ...

Before the second wave my high profile employer outright said that they would bring people back as quickly as the restrictions allowed. I think they were firmly in the denial boat about this inconveni ...

[quote=bevans][quote][quote]Only took her a week. Lightening fast isn't she.[/quote] Try "lightning" fast.[/quote]

Well I kind of agree and going out on the limb.

https://fee.org/articles/new-dani ...

[quote=bevans][quote]SA has just closed its border with NSW. Too bad if you went to Sydney for Xmas, now you have to go into 14 days quarantine on coming back.

This thing is going to drag on and on ...

[quote=doyle]That being said if Trump didn't go for herd immunity and was a responsible leader and did the lockdowns as needed and the mask wearing and wasn't so concerned about the economy they (USA) ...

[quote=John.Z]My guess is that it will be 50 E2s (or E3s) and 50 F class trams

E3s is they want to make any modifications to the cab or the like, otherwise the E2 will suffice

F class trams woul ...

Airport West is an obvious choice of location, but I was thinking the Maribynong defense site would have been another. Plenty of space and route 57 and 82 both run directly past it.

It makes zero sense to start buying shorter trams. There are plenty of B class routes that could suck up those 100 Es. Keep in mind that the existing plan was already for 150 E class.

Or are these  ...

May need to rename the thread to 200.

The state budget this afternoon has announced an order for an additional 100 trams.