El Snorkel – The Chilean Navy’s CNS Thomson (SS 20) submarine arrived at the Point Loma Naval Base in California on August 25, marking the formal start of the Diesel-Electric Submarine Initiative (DESI) program for the year 2025…Established in 2001 by the U.S. Fleet Forces Command. USA, the DESI program is designed to strengthen alliances and interoperability with South American navies operating diesel-electric submarines. Through joint exercises, it is sought to improve the preparation of the fleets, increase regional security and promote the exchange of knowledge and experience among the participating forces.

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(Thanks to Alain)

RUSI – In South America, keeping costs and labour in local shipyards might be an option to compete with a heavily stressed global market.

National Interest – Is China at war in the South China Sea? You be the judge. Beyond dispute its conduct is warlike—and that has implications for those resisting its transgressions.

Dialogo Americas – In the depth of the South Pacific Ocean, a Chilean submarine has been keeping tabs on Chinese fishing vessels to halt illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

(Thanks to Alain)

Naval News – The Chilean Navy recently deployed one of its Scorpène-class attack submarines to the Juan Fernández islands in the Eastern Pacific, to “verify and control the transit of foreign fishing vessels through the region.”

RUSI – After 200 years of bilateral relations, both countries need to reassess how to collaborate on common goals including a complex maritime environment in Latin America’s southernmost waters.

El Snorkel – The greatest similarity was, as submarine experts well knew, those of the Walrus class of the Netherlands.

(Thanks to Alain)

CIMSEC – The Chilean Navy is more than just a national warfighting force aimed at conventional deterrence. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, fires, and tsunamis are all examples of natural disasters that Chile faces in which the Navy is one of the first to provide support. Along with disaster relief and safeguarding life at sea, countering Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) fishing is one of the most economically important duties of the Chilean Navy. IUU fishing is not only a matter of protecting the economy, but it is also a matter of the sustainability of natural resources in the Chilean Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). To tackle IUU, Chile requires creativity, and resourcefulness. The key to accomplishing the task, like for many small- to medium-sized navies, is regional cooperation. 

– Naval News – Australia officially transferred former Adelaide-class frigates Melbourne (FFG 05) and Newcastle (FFG 06) to the Chilean Navy.