Nuclear powered submarine, HMS Astute arrives in Perth, Australia

On 29th October, HMS Astute made the first visit by an Astute-class SSN to Australia. This followed the AUKUS agreement announced in September that will see the UK and US share nuclear submarine technology with Australia. This was the first time an Astute-class submarine has visited Australia, berthing at HMAS Sterling, she was visited by Vice Admiral Mike Noonan, RAN, and other dignitaries.
For more details see our article: Nuclear submarines for Australia - what are the options?
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[@maxt7525]

Just fantastic to see this magnificent machine here in Australia 🇦🇺 ❤️🙌

[@vickidianacoghlan8946]

Now please train our Aussie sub mariners to use nuclear subs now that Australia has signed deal with America, UK. Poor France, Ha Ha.

[@Richard-pe4cx]

grow up

[@ForeverEngland76]

@@Richard-pe4cx wind your neck in and keep scrolling 🙄 OK Dick 👍

[@jamesevans938]

Just a update 3 RAN officers have just completed Royal Navy nuclear engineer training

[@Nelsonwmj]

Astute's been hanging round long Down Under it seems... Giving the Aussies a good close look at what a nuclear submarine actually entails when it comes to developing, manning, and operating?

[@louiscypher4186]

@Вивсі смокчіте We wont be operating LA class boats. By the time we're ready to field our own boats the LA class will be obsolete, we're talking decades away. The government is pushing for 2030's but 2040's and 2050's is much more practical. Our Submarine Service is already heavily integrated with the RN, all our Commander's go through RN's thresher program and many British officers are already deployed to our training schools. The RN and RAN already permit sailor's to serve aboard each others vessels long term. The Americans will never give our sailors that sort of access. The entire reason the Astute is here is so we can slowly rotate a few officers in and out getting them the training time needed to qualify for the nuke boat side of the Thresher program so that we have actual SSN certified commanders when our facilities are up and running.

[@louiscypher4186]

@Вивсі смокчіте Yet you think the yanks would sell us LA class boats. If you're going to troll ya gotta be consistent.

[@soultraveller5027]

Your better of with the RN Astute class boats because the Royal Navy will be getting the. Successor to theses deadly submarines which was in the planning years ago and what new technology be around will be incorporated into the Aussies boats. The new HMS dreadnought class ballistic missiles boats are pushing the envelope of what's possible to maintain the Edge in the underwater war Along withe the next generation RN attack boats when it comes to this arena of warfare the royal navy are the best. Having. To. Deal. with the deadliest Of foes German Kriegmarine U-boat During WW2 in the Atlantic war the Germans taught the British Navy a valuable lesson In protecting Britains merchant fleet. A brutal war of attrition bravely and technology which the royal navy brought to the fight the only war Churchill was worried about because it went right to the wire And they have never forgotten it

[@vipiccb6896]

@@louiscypher4186 ignore "Вивсі смокчіте" it's true name is "Michael Pezzullo" It trolls any and all British channels/videos! It claimed here to be a US War veteran then got exposed as a left wing xenophobic and racist teenager from Italy!

[@Akm72]

@@louiscypher4186 A minor point but I think the RN program is called the Perisher course rather than thresher, just for accuracy's sake. Otherwise I agree.

[@noodles169]

Soon Australia will have similar to these badbois. Can't see China wanting to play games with our Aussie brothers and sisters then 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇺🇲

[@goldenlabradorskye]

Agree..........but it maybe too late. Takes years to build one of those boats, doesn't happen overnight.

[@billydonaldson6483]

It takes 5 years to build a nuke sub and that is after all the bits have been ordered. They may be offered a couple of Trafalgar class subs in the interim for training etc. There are two which have been refitted and are still in service until the last two Astute class subs are ready.

[@Richard-pe4cx]

@Вивсі смокчіте i think we stood shoulder to shoulder with russia as well comrade

[@mitchellgruninger9992]

@Вивсі смокчіте ignorant af.

[@mrpusser0348]

@Вивсі смокчіте cheers Vlad….how’s your nepotistic paradise run by an ageing and bitter KGB Colonel

[@theostickley6492]

Bloody advert was longer than the clip

[@scrubsrc4084]

the astutes are seriously pretty boats

[@qasimmir7117]

Everything just looks proportionally perfect and the conning towers looks brilliant.

[@robharris8844U]

I think the UK versions of things always look slicker and more aesthetic - Spitfire, QE class aircraft carrier, Astute Submarine are like jaguars and Lotus cars for design.

[@timblizzard4226]

I think they are downright ugly personally; so squat and wide, and the sail looks like a castle keep. But none of that matters when you are 300 meters below.

[@scrubsrc4084]

@@timblizzard4226 looks like a hunter.

[@robharris8844U]

@@timblizzard4226 some of that is to bounce off radar and withstand depth and depth charges.

[@benwilson6145]

P.S. Its not Perth its Garden Island south of Fremantle. "Fremantle was a RN Captain".

[@ThatCarGuy]

Hope to see the US start selling it's Nimitz class to the UK, Japan, Australia, etc as they are phased out. Would be a great way to supplement our allies and would create mobile bases for the US navy aircraft. US and the UK are turning Australia into a powerhouse.

[@carisi2k11]

Why would Australia or Japan need such a vessel for and secondly there would be some issue arising courtesy of the result of WW2 that says Japan can not have such an offensive weapon ever again. Australia just plain doesn't have the personel or the planes to operate such a vessel. If we do get nuclear subs then we certainly won't be getting 8 since we don't have enough submariners to operate 4 and that would have to be an Astute because the Virginia is too large. These nuclear subs go against our policy as we are not a force projection military. Aside from supplementing the US we don't invade anybody that we would require these submarines for. We would be better off forgetting about submarines period and building 2-3 extra hunter class frigattes instead.

[@ThatCarGuy]

@@carisi2k11 I really don't care for your negative opinion. Please be a China bot somewhere else thanks.

[@ThatCarGuy]

@Blob B once again I do not care for your negative opinion. Happy thanksgiving.

[@carisi2k11]

@@ThatCarGuy What was negative about Blobs post? He was giving you facts. HMAS Canberra requires 293 personnel. USS Nimitz requires over 3500 plus over 2,000 for air crew. That is more then the complement on all of the RAN's vessels. Even if the US did gift the Nimitz to Australia we would never actually be able to operate it.

[@ThatCarGuy]

@@carisi2k11 And now you are comparing aircraft carriers to LHDs, blocked I tried. Happy Thanksgiving.

[@radiolinux45]

Nice to see my home town built Boat in Perth in Western Australia when they built never comes back to my town

[@sergiodesouzajunior3962]

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[@bertiewooster3326]

Come on you Aussies you know it's the best Hunter Killer in the world buy 6 at a discount !!

[@mariosebastiani3214]

Arguable. Diesel electrics are more quiet when submerged. But nuclear have far better range, and for AU this is a crucial point.

[@carisi2k11]

@@mariosebastiani3214 Actually not really. People don't realise this but our subs don't travel that far. They patrol the coastline of Australia (when they are operational) and the shallows to the north and the approaches to the south china sea Christmas Island, Cocos islands. This is what the air sea gap policy is about. They don't go in to the depths of the big oceans as they are ill suited for that task. This is the problem with these big nuclear subs. They are great big ocean vessels but not really that well suited to the tasks Australia uses them for. This is why we went with the Attack class because it was a smaller vessel suited for the work they were going to do. We would have only ended up with 6 of them and so we should have just built a newer collins that could have provided more automation and reduced crewing to make their original 42 crew operation possible instead of wasting time on the attack and nuc subs which we are ill equipped to build and maintain.

[@mariosebastiani3214]

@@carisi2k11 About the current use of subs by your Navy, you're totally right. But think of them as a tool (deterrent) for power projection: your Nation decided to step up in a league of Countries which are vying for power with China over the south China sea. Do you really think that the US and UK are willing to just sell their precious nuclear subs without requesting their ally to back them up in "freedom of navigation" ops? I guess your Navy policy on subs use will soon change, and it is quite possible that people will be left unaware of that, "for security reasons".

[@carisi2k11]

@@mariosebastiani3214 Except this is Australia you are talking about. We have lost almost all of our industry to even be able to build such vessels. We don't have that many submariners in the navy (maybe only 350) and so what is the point of having them if you don't have the submariner to put them to sea. The 6 Collins class takes 58 crew per sub and we can't even get them all operating because they are in dry dock and we can no longer maintain them or we don't have enough submariners. We have other means to do freedom of navigation that doesn't require nuclear subs.

[@mariosebastiani3214]

@@carisi2k11 I'm on the same page as you; I'm not stating this was a right choice (I consider it to be a rather dumb one), just that it has geopolitical implications which have not been made clear. And perhaps not considered by the people in the government. Next step, the US will be offering sailors for hire...

[@maxmoore3472]

Sub Mariner, they are so brave , because they can die so quick ,life one minute, nothing the next , these are people of values .and Honour.which seems so Lacking nowadays.

[@ajwest3081]

Looks like it could do with a good scrub…….

[@grah84mck]

Could have washed the green algae off it.

[@mayajrj]

Part of the camouflage at no extra cost

[@TT-hd3zi]

Washed it off how? She’s been at sea for months with no dry docking available.

[@glastonbury4304]

It's camouflage , like the US use for the Space Agency ...lol

[@TS-qc7ny]

That is so that it smells like a whale.

[@silgen]

That's a bit difficult to do at 400 feet below the surface.

[@michaelsalt4565]

It will be 15 years or more before Australia has a nuclear submarine in service, the lead time for production of nuclear submarines is very long. The right decision by Australia, but it is should have been taken 10 years ago.

[@davidhouseman4328]

I think you might see a couple from existing stocks or currently in build leased before that to allow crews to get up to speed and generally hasten the project.

[@henryvagincourt4502]

@@davidhouseman4328 + RN is short of boats now, the T-boats are now showing their age, I'm interested to what stocks to you refer?

[@davidhouseman4328]

@@henryvagincourt4502 More likely US boats but I certainly wouldn't put it past the UK government to go down to 6 Astutes especially temporally with an extended order.

[@henryvagincourt4502]

@@davidhouseman4328 + I think the RAN would be better with Astute for many reasons, but our seventh HMS Agincourt is not due until 2026, I agree we could stand that to give down-under a boat early!

[@bertiewooster3326]

Maybe but the UK has 2 ready to be sold now ! And another 3 ready to start construction

[@sergiodesouzajunior3962]

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[@TS-qc7ny]

Motherland 🇬🇧 to 🇦🇺 - you've got our New World wine and we've got your back.

[@scrubsrc4084]

got to keep the alcohol stocked up on all the royal navy vessels some how

[@TS-qc7ny]

@@scrubsrc4084 Keep the wine flowing to keep the peace going! Cheers 🍷

[@wattlebough]

We’ll take 8 please.

[@carisi2k11]

And who is going to operate them? The RAN can't even operate 6 collins class subs.

[@wattlebough]

@@carisi2k11 Money is the answer. If you pay them enough they will come. Don’t come to me with problems, come to me with solutions.

[@carisi2k11]

@@wattlebough This is Australia. There are no solutions. Officers get less then $50k a year. Dole bludges get that for doing nothing. Macdonalds worker gets that and so why would anybody want to join the military in Australia for.

[@wattlebough]

@@carisi2k11 Matey you are so far off with your guess on what officers earn it’s obvious you have no connections in the ADF. Even in East Timor a private earned $60K just for a 6 month deployment in the year 2000. There’s a reason it was called the Dili Dash for Cash. You could always tell who had just returned because you’d see a 20 year old private driving the latest model Holden HSV he’d bought with his deployment bonus around base. A private in the SASR earns over $90K a year in peacetime. I can assure you Australian submariners are very well remunerated and receive generous leave entitlements. A specialist able seaman does not earn less than $60K p/a and RAN officers significantly more. Don’t make me post a link to ADF pay rates on the DoD website.

[@goelnuma6527]

When was the last time we had an Aussie sub visit the UK, anyone know?

[@qasimmir7117]

One of the most complex and advanced vehicles in the world. Incredible.

[@sergiodesouzajunior3962]

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[@sergiodesouzajunior3962]

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[@logtothebase2]

Perth is a fantastic City, hope C19 doesn't stop the submariners enjoying some leave

[@gigibanks5258]

Go Navy!!!💕🇺🇸⚓️

[@stanielsoncoochiesmellehsm6114]

This is 🇬🇧

[@comments-amazing3015]

This is a Royal Navy Sub HMS Astute

[@TheTruth-uy4kp]

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