Japan Might Sell Australia Diesel-Electric Subs

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Tim Kelly and Matt Siegel, Japan & Australia Consider Submarine Deal That Could Rattle China. rEUTERS, mAY 28, 2014.
www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/ ... USKBN0E82ET20140528

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"Japan will get the chance to pursue an unprecedented military export deal when its defense and foreign ministers meet their Australian counterparts in Tokyo next month. Japan is considering selling submarine technology to Australia – perhaps even a fleet of fully engineered, stealthy vessels, according to Japanese officials.


Note: "Japan’s Soryu diesel submarines, built by Mitsubishi Heavy and Kawasaki Heavy * * * The Soryu’s ultra-quiet drivetrain could avoid a problem that makes Australia’s six current submarines prone to detection, said sources with knowledge of the discussions in Australia."
(a) Sōryū-class submarine  蒼竜 or そうりゅう型潜水艦
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%8Dry%C5%AB-class_submarine
(In commission: 2009– )
(b) drivetrain
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drivetrain