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by Dave Saxton
Thu Sep 01, 2022 3:31 pm
Forum: Military Conflicts Today
Topic: China and the Biden Administration
Replies: 31
Views: 6198

Re: China and the Biden Administration

Don't forget Japan. The whole reason Japan was in Korea and Manchuria 100+ years ago was because what happens in Korea finds its way across the strait to Kyushu and then to Honshu. Since the war, Japan and South Korea, and Taiwan, have been protected by the US nuclear umbrella. It has brought a sta...
by Dave Saxton
Thu Sep 01, 2022 3:04 pm
Forum: Military Conflicts Today
Topic: China and the Biden Administration
Replies: 31
Views: 6198

Re: China and the Biden Administration

paul.mercer wrote: Wed Apr 06, 2022 9:37 am Hi Dave,
Thanks for your reply to my post, although I'm a bit puzzled about your last one, to whom are you referring?
Zhou Bai-den and company.
by Dave Saxton
Tue Nov 16, 2021 4:26 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: Bismarck radar detector
Replies: 139
Views: 14697

Re: Bismarck radar detector

wadinga wrote: Tue Nov 16, 2021 4:09 pm

If Victorious search on the 25th flew at 6,000ft with ASV on, how far away would the signal be detectable even if no returns were picked by the plane?

All the best

wadinga
Good question.
by Dave Saxton
Tue Nov 16, 2021 4:20 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: Bismarck radar detector
Replies: 139
Views: 14697

Re: Bismarck radar detector

Are you still thinking Bismarck had a passive radar detector on board and are you now in position to tell us which antenna was used ? I concur with Giessler that it cannot now be determined but I think it as probable. I don’t know what antenna may have been used if that was the case. There are no p...
by Dave Saxton
Tue Nov 16, 2021 4:10 am
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: Bismarck radar detector
Replies: 139
Views: 14697

Re: Bismarck radar detector

If I recall correctly, back in 2013 I was examining some commentary by Helmut Giessler about documents (which no longer exist) he had access to during the war on these matters. Giessler began his commentary on this specific issue by stating that it is no longer possible to know with certainty if Bis...
by Dave Saxton
Wed Aug 04, 2021 1:52 am
Forum: Naval Technology
Topic: Armour Metallurgy Properities
Replies: 4
Views: 2289

Re: Armour Metallurgy Properities

The numbers are not hard and fast for physical properties. It depends on the hardness level and the heat treatments. For example, the typical tensile strength of armor grade steels hardened to 250 brinel hardness, is about 75 kg/mm2. If the hardness is 300 BH then the TS increases to about 90 kg/mm2...
by Dave Saxton
Tue Jun 01, 2021 3:58 pm
Forum: The Ironclad & Pre-dreadnought Era (1860-1905)
Topic: Tsushima
Replies: 19
Views: 5029

Re: Tsushima

In recent times USN personal from the USS Nimitz volunteered to repaint and do other restoration work on Mikasa while the air wing was based at Atsugi. It is kind of fitting that they were from USS Nimitz, because Admiral Nimitz himself was a leading force to preserving Mikasa during the decades fol...
by Dave Saxton
Tue Jun 01, 2021 3:50 pm
Forum: The Ironclad & Pre-dreadnought Era (1860-1905)
Topic: Tsushima
Replies: 19
Views: 5029

Re: Tsushima

The Russian shooting wasn't bad, but not as good as the Japanese. Mikasa was reportedly hit 30 times at Tsushima. However, the shells mostly broke up against Mikasa's KC armour. One of the lessons learned from the Yellow Sea battle was the inadequacy of the munitions. It was one reason why Togo adop...
by Dave Saxton
Tue Jun 01, 2021 3:38 pm
Forum: The Ironclad & Pre-dreadnought Era (1860-1905)
Topic: Tsushima
Replies: 19
Views: 5029

Re: Tsushima

Byron, see if this works:

Recommended Citation
Koda, Yoji (2005) "The Russo-Japanese War—Primary Causes of Japanese Success," Naval War College Review: Vol. 58 : No. 2 , Article
3.
Available at: https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-r ... l58/iss2/3
by Dave Saxton
Sun May 30, 2021 3:30 pm
Forum: The Ironclad & Pre-dreadnought Era (1860-1905)
Topic: Tsushima
Replies: 19
Views: 5029

Re: Tsushima

It seems to me that this became a habit of theirs! It's true that Japan planned surprise attacks in both the cases of the Russo-Japanese war and in Dec 1941. However, I don't think it was common practice. In 1894 they sent troops to Korea in response to China sending in troops in violation of treat...
by Dave Saxton
Sat May 29, 2021 3:18 pm
Forum: The Ironclad & Pre-dreadnought Era (1860-1905)
Topic: Tsushima
Replies: 19
Views: 5029

Re: Tsushima

Tsushima had large influence on further ship development (just after Yellow Sea and Tsushima battles, old pre-dreadnoughts were superceeded by dreadnoughts) and still influenced the Japanese naval strategy (and constructions) up to WWII. British officers on board Togo's ships (Japan officers were m...
by Dave Saxton
Fri May 28, 2021 2:55 am
Forum: The Ironclad & Pre-dreadnought Era (1860-1905)
Topic: Tsushima
Replies: 19
Views: 5029

Re: Tsushima

Here's a photo tour I found of Togo's flagship the Mikasa. https://www.cnet.com/pictures/take-a-tour-of-the-114-year-old-japanese-battleship-mikasa-pictures/45/ Across the stern is Mikasa spelled in hiragana. It reads from right to left, rather than the modern convention of left to right. Usually ka...
by Dave Saxton
Thu May 27, 2021 3:03 pm
Forum: The Ironclad & Pre-dreadnought Era (1860-1905)
Topic: Tsushima
Replies: 19
Views: 5029

Tsushima

Today not only marks the anniversary of the sinking of the Bismarck but it is also the anniversary of the Battle of Tsushima. During 1900 Russia occupied Manchuria. This posed a dire threat to Japan because it meant that Russia could gain control of Korea and then eventually Japan. Japan tried to re...
by Dave Saxton
Wed May 12, 2021 2:48 am
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: Escape from the Scheer?
Replies: 1
Views: 2228

Re: Escape from the Scheer?

I was not clear on the date of this encounter from the video. Was it on the 5th? It is not mentioned in the KTB for the 5th or in the action report of the battle with HX84 authored by Krancke. The convoy was located by the Scheer's scout plane 88 nautical miles away at 13:00. This presented Krancke ...
by Dave Saxton
Sat Apr 17, 2021 4:30 pm
Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
Topic: the Twins plus Bismarck
Replies: 4
Views: 2736

Re: the Twins plus Bismarck

Gentlemen, I'm sure we may ave discussed this before somewhere, but if the Bismarck had made it back to Brest and then came out with the twins it would have caused a mighty problem for the RN. But what about the logistics of keeping three large ships at sea, with very few 'friendly' ports to go to ...