Submarine Matters

As I predicted on June 12, 2025 the overt public "results” of Elbridge Colby’s AUKUS Submarine Review are so ambiguous as to be non-existent. Yet the America First transactional approach has been maintained.
Hegseth, Rubio, Marles and Wong waited until the end ofyear to avoid Australian public and US Navy scrutiny. The "results" response was “full steam ahead”....

Greig Watson in Nottingham for theBBC on December 7, 2025 reported, at https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn981qn7pnyo.amp :
"Submarine mental health nurse is 'Woman of Year'"
Leading naval nurseAbigail Wright said periods of isolation presented unique mental healthchallenges....

In Australia many Australian civilian and naval interests are relying on AUKUS Pillar 1 submarine program keeping to the US deliver a Second-Hand Virginia to Australia by 2032 schedule.
However, it is more likely the first Virginia for Australia will be in 2046 due to the calculations below on the delayed, higher priority, Columbia-class SSBN program which shares supply chains, shipyards and work forces with the third priority Virginia...

With its trouble prone Victoria-class submarines expected to retire in the mid to late 2030sCanada is seeking from 8 to 12 new (foreign?) build replacements quite quickly to patrol Canada's 3 oceans (Pacific, Arctic and Atlantic). For this Canada appears...