Welcome to August 2024!
Added 2024-08-01 13:12:00 +0000 UTCIt is so hot right now, I hope you are staying cool. Mrs. and I even talked about moving to Canada, ha. August is going to be a great month to stay inside and binge Sub Briefs.
Russia's Kazan SSGN visited Cuba earlier this summer and I thought it was a good opportunity to update our old 2022 Yasen-class Sub Brief with all the new data we've learned over the past two years. Tayfun has been nose down in Janes Information Services and other sources we have to write a whole new lecture. I have it in hand right now and will be publishing it this weekend here on Patreon and YTMembers only sections. I'm very excited to give you a more complete picture of Russia's most advanced attack submarine.
There will be a second lecture in August as well, but that is still in progress.
Also, put your Q&A questions in the comment section below and I'll address them later this month in the Q&A with Aaron audio brief.
Be safe, stay cool and compliment someone today. They will remember your kindness.
Comments
I have a question about the Taiwan Strait and more generally the South China Sea. While drones and surface to surface/air to surface missiles will undoubtedly play a major role in attriting any Chinese surface task forces in either area come wartime it seems that a lot of seemingly authoritative commenters/analysts expect US SSNs and allied SS ( mainly Japanese I'd expect) to take a fearsome toll of Chinese shipping in the Taiwan strait. Traditionally SSN in particular have been viewed as more open ocean boats. I was wondering if you would consider doing videos on two topics (or answer in your monthly Q&A if the answer is shorter and less nuanced than I imagine): 1. The peculiarities of the underwater environment in the Taiwan Straits and South China Sea from the perspective of the ASW and sub vs ship fight and 2. What adaptations modern US SSN and Japanese SS have in order to improve effectiveness in that environment. Many thanks.
Fionn Kelly
2024-08-04 12:02:16 +0000 UTCHi Aaron. It seems like we are destined to go to war with either Russia or China or both. If that is true, what do you think should be our #1 priority: Getting the new frigate, SSBNs, hypersonic cruise missiles and SSNs moving ASAP or putting our priority on weapons, systems and platforms that are being built/produced now, like Naval Strike Missile, Mk 48 ADCAPs, SPY-6 the new SLQ-32 EW, Standard Missiles, Flt 3 Burkes, ESSM, FA-18 E &Fs, Tomahawk, Harpoon, etc? Can we afford to wait for the new tech (which all seem to be behind schedule) to be available? Can we afford to decommission ships (like our Tycos) near term? ["Divest to Invest"]
Paul D Berkebile
2024-08-01 20:23:41 +0000 UTCThank you very much for your hard work, diligence, and passion in getting us information 🙏
Matthew Miller
2024-08-01 13:43:45 +0000 UTCIn your experience what were the best and worst parts of coming on & leaving watch?
Trent Dowell
2024-08-01 13:39:19 +0000 UTC
