Aussie Submarine Battle: Correct Conclusion despite faulty Analysis

UPDATE #1   22 NOV 14 - "Magnitude-6.7 quake injures at least 41 in Nagano" Japan Times
"...no abnormalities were immediately apparent at its gigantic Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture. The plant, the largest atomic energy complex in the world, has remained offline since the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 2011" [color emphasis mine].


Background
The Australian defence industry says it is "terribly confused" about the multi-billion-dollar submarine project, with reports the Federal Government is considering buying eight submarines from Japan.  SOURCE

QUOTE
"Building them in Japan, which has no experience of exporting defence technology, is asking for trouble." - Nick Xenophon, Iindependent South Australian Senator.  [ibid.]

Looming, Unmentioned Problems in Japanese Sourcing of Aussie Subs


Unpredictable Political Upheavals - Flagrant Example:  On 3 September 2014, French President François Hollande halted delivery of the first warship, the Vladivostok, to Russia.

Unpredictable Natural Disasters - Flagrant Example:  On Friday 11 March 2011, Japan was hit by a tsunami triggered in a magnitude 9.0 (Tōhoku) earthquake.  Not only was Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant devestated, Japanese ability to export repair parts and OEM equipment suffered mightily. Resulting supply chain impairments caused Japan to post its first annual trade deficit in 30 years.

The Japanese nation has had a long history of earthquakes and seismic activity. Japan lies in an area of high seismicity located near major tectonic plate boundaries situated on the "Pacific Ring of Fire".

Submarines are always silent and strange.

Sub "News" Only Insiders May Appreciate

(The Philippine Star) | Updated June 12, 2014 - 12:00am  Aussie submarine surfaces off Samar
[Cropped photos are shown below; the one on the right accompanied the actual news article and was captioned as shown.  Obviously, the photo at right is not of any Australian submarine class. Note the dual dry deck shelters, pitched foredeck and fairwater plane tapering of the U.S. Ohio class sub (on the right).]



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"The Australian sub unloaded a patient, who was not identified. Information about the submarine’s origin was not immediately available." ...  [the text indicates the sub's unavailable origin as Australia] ...

Navy public affairs chief Cdr. Gregory Fabic said the Australian armed forces attaché called them on Sunday requesting for a medical evacuation.

“Basically, the sub was in transit when they requested the medical evacuation. They were in international waters,” Fabic said.

A Philippine Navy ship met [DF 339, verified] with the Australian submarine Sunday to evacuate the ailing sailor.

The patient was brought to the Tacloban Doctors Hospital and later moved to Manila for further treatment. “He is now in stable condition,” Fabic added.

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M.E. is not being critical of a humanitarian rescue by a genuine ally.  A more accurate report (without photo) from the Manila Standard Today was easily found online here.  We should be comforted that a female MSM journalist has not misreported that a sub-based U.S. SEAL TEAM operation of Samar Island (central P.I.) in which an injured sailor was executed by the Taliban.

Submarines are always silent and strange.