Soryu-Class Submarines

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Kyle Mizokami, Why China Fears Japan's Super Stealth Soryu-Class Submarines. National Interest, May , 2017 (blog).
http://nationalinterest.org/blog ... ss-submarines-20547

Quote:

"The Second World War taught Japan valuable lessons. The first—don’t start wars—is an obvious conclusion that has been taken to heart. Other lessons were the result of the wartime Allied air and naval blockade of the country, which brought it to the brink of starvation. For Japan, poor in resources and arable land, to survive the next war, the air and sea lanes must stay open

"The Soryu class isn't perfect, though: one major criticism of the boats during the Australian submarine competition was their relatively short operating range. At 6,100 nautical miles, the Soryu's range wasn't an issue for their original mission: protecting the home waters of Japan.  Australian Soryus, however, would have had to travel 3,788 miles from their base at HMAS Stirling just to reach the vicinity of Taiwan, a voyage that would necessitate at least one refueling stop, and probably two.

Note:
(a) The Japanese surname Mizokami is 溝上.
(b) HMAS Stirling
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Stirling
(is named after [British] Admiral Sir James Stirling (1791 – 1865)