This isn't the first time the DMO and the RAN, have shown a lack of knowledge on the sub-tech available on the market.
Sorry for the small format of the letter. I am digging for something better.
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H/T-Gripen News.
***UPDATE***
Link here with bigger images of the letter and a news article. Note the bit about former DMO King traveling around Europe with no technical experts on the team.
Google translate Swedish to English:
Submarines mocked - now beats Sweden back
Published today 0:07
Lena Erixon, director general of the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration rejects in a sharp letter the Australian criticism of Sweden's capacity to build submarines.
Photo: Anette Nantell Lena Erixon, director general of the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration rejects in a sharp letter the Australian criticism of Sweden's capacity to build submarines.
Recently ridiculed Australian Prime Minister of Sweden ability to build submarines. In a sharp letter to Australia beats now Lena Erixon, director general of the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration, FMV, back. A submarine orders worth billions are at stake.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has put aside Sweden away from the group of countries get the chance to take home the world's largest submarine orders. Remaining are Japan, Germany and France. Total is the order of $ 325 billion, although a small proportion to the actual submarine construction. Sweden is alleged to have had the chance to take 5-15 percent of the order value.
The opposition Labour Party wants Sweden to be one of the possible candidates, but Tony Abbott has dismissed the party's desire as "ridiculous". Labour wants Australia to have a "submarine from the 1960s," Abbott said apropos of Sweden. All according to Australian media.
Now counters Lena Erixon, director general of the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration, FMV. In a sharp letter to his Australian counterpart, Harry Dunstall, she writes: "To say that we would offer outdated technology from the 1960s and 1980s are simply not true."
Lena Erixon points out in the letter that Sweden has built Gotland class to Sweden 1996-1997, the Challenger class to Singapore 1998-2004, Södermanland class to Sweden 1997-2003 and Archer Class to Singapore from 2006 to 2013.
- Tony Abbott's argument is simply wrong. We have heard strange things in several parts of this process. That Sweden would not have full control over the technology for submarines, which we have. That we can not build a large submarine, which we have made demonstrable earlier with Collins class (to Australia), says Lena Erixon.
Australia's submarines are much larger than the Swedish submarines as they go into the open sea, not in the archipelago.
Even Saab's director of defense and security, Gunilla Fransson, has been in the media rejects Tony Abbott's description of Swedish capacity.
A group from Australia, led by the then head of the country's defense-works, Warren King, recently traveled around Europe and also visited Stockholm, but no engineers were with.
- We invited them to send over a technical expert to see for themselves, but they have not grasped, says Lena Erixon.
Sweden's proposal is to upgrade the old Collins submarines from Kockums that Australia now and introduce technology from the planned new Swedish submarine A26.
Last year saw Lena Erixon to defense group Saab got to buy submarine builder Kockums of German Thyssen Krupp. It was a way to solve the problem of Thyssen Krupp blocked Kockums from exporting submarines.
In an unholy alliance between the Wallenberg family, a major owner of Saab, former government and FMV got Lena Erixon take the lead.
According to sources, it is now mainly she is pushing to Kockums will build submarines for Australia. Sales of defense is in fact also a thing for the state.
Self tone she descends the picture.
- We can only relate to the letters we receive that we will not go further in the process, she says.
But in the spring, before Australia opted out of Sweden, she was in the country twice to lobby for Kockums.
Sweden could make parts for a new submarine?
- It depends on huvudkontraktörens interest in cooperating.
Nothing is decided yet. In principle, the four countries that have the knowledge and capacity to build these so-called conventional submarines, ie non-nuclear submarines: Germany, France, Japan and Sweden.
Tony Abbott said to be good friends with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Japan are in the pocket. In existing Japanese submarines sitting Kockums Stirling Air Independent Propulsion Engines, as the Japanese manufactures under license.
Australia has said that the country should choose submarine manufacturer for ten months. But these kinds of orders can take time. In Brazil took the choice of fighter planes for many years. Finally, after that Saab been lobbying for 17 years, it became JAS Gripen.
Tony Abbott has weak poll numbers and there are choices in Australia next year. A change of power, or if Tony Abbott replaced anyway, can change the situation in Sweden.
For Germany it is Kockums former owners ThyssenKrupp that is current through the HDW shipyard, while France is in the race through the shipyard DCNS.
Red emphasis added.
Open thread, replacing the Australian Collins Submarine
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