{"id":9406,"date":"2022-09-30T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/?p=9406"},"modified":"2023-08-06T13:51:39","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T03:51:39","slug":"buying-the-wrong-submarine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/buying-the-wrong-submarine\/","title":{"rendered":"Buying the wrong submarine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/tag\/peter-layton\/\">PETER LAYTON<\/a>\u00a0|   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) are technically incredible. They are akin to the Australian Navy\u2019s conventionally powered&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.navy.gov.au\/hmas-collins\">Collins Class<\/a>&nbsp;submarines but much faster, much longer ranged and with much greater submerged endurance. However, in terms of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anao.gov.au\/file\/21671\/download?token=Tvqn8Rxj\">combat systems<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.australiandefence.com.au\/D7790DF0-F806-11DD-8DFE0050568C22C9\">torpedoes<\/a>, the Collins and SSNs are very similar. Both&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/defense-update.com\/20120725_farncomb_collins_sub_sinks_target_ship_kilauea.html\">sink ships<\/a>&nbsp;really well. By comparison, anti-ship missiles fired from aircraft, surface ships and land vehicles have small warheads and cause mission kills, that is, damages a hostile ship sufficiently that it leaves the battle for homeport and repairs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These characteristics shape South China Sea submarine operations. Retired Australian Navy Vice Admiral Mike Noonan&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2022-09-22\/navy-fears-aus-collins-class-submarines-will-be-detectable\/101464400\">argues<\/a>&nbsp;that Collins submarines in having to occasionally recharge their batteries will be readily detectable in the future when operating close to China. SSNs&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ad-aspi.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/2021-12\/Implementing%20Australia%27s%20nuclear%20submarine%20program.pdf?VersionId=QNKdZOLGpF_lvY2MsQ_ic8c6bRc7kFpx\">will not be so vulnerable.<\/a>&nbsp;The Collins submarines, being designed as part of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/kokodafoundation.wildapricot.org\/resources\/Documents\/Reid%20Hutchins%20-%20What%20was%20the%20'Defence%20of%20Australia'%20strategic%20policy.pdf\">1987 Defence of Australia strategy<\/a>,&nbsp;were not intended to cruise alone near the coasts of a distant hostile superpower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The crux of the matter now comes into view. Australia apparently believes that operating its SSNs (probably about three on station) in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.usni.org\/2021\/09\/15\/australia-to-pursue-nuclear-attack-subs-in-new-agreement-with-u-s-u-k\">the South China Sea<\/a>&nbsp;could deter China from starting a war in the future by threatening to sink Chinese warships and submarines.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/13523261003640819?src=recsys\">Deterrence tries<\/a>&nbsp;to decisively influence the minds of potential aggressors and so prevent war from starting. History suggests caution if seeking deterrence by sinking ships. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Please click here to read the full &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowyinstitute.org\/the-interpreter\/buying-wrong-submarine\">Buying the wrong submarine<\/a>&#8221; article published at The Interpreter, written by Griffith Asia Institute Visiting Fellow, Dr Peter Layton.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PETER LAYTON\u00a0| Nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) are technically incredible. They are akin to the Australian Navy\u2019s conventionally powered&nbsp;Collins Class&nbsp;submarines but much faster, much longer ranged and with much greater submerged endurance. However, in terms of&nbsp;combat systems&nbsp;and&nbsp;torpedoes, the Collins and SSNs are very similar. Both&nbsp;sink ships&nbsp;really well. 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