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> the US would help Australia develop a nuclear submarine capability I wonder what help means? Is the US building the subs and turning them over to Australia,
by irrational 5y ago
> the US would help Australia develop a nuclear submarine capability
I wonder what help means? Is the US building the subs and turning them over to Australia, are they giving them plans and specs so they can build them themselves, or something in between?
- seanalltogether 5y agoProbably - "We'll allow you to buy 20 billion worth of submarines from our contractors if you guarantee our purchase of 20 billion worth of raw mining materials"
- jeeeb 5y agoIf historical Australian submarine deals are anything to go by construction work will be split between Australia and the US. I think it’s safe to assume Australia will want to develop a full maintenance capability in Australia, which realistically means developing a manufacturing capability.
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- hollerith 5y agoThe US has been providing similar help to the UK since the 1960s. There, the US provided the missles (first Polaris, then Trident) and their launch tubes, while the UK built their own warheads and subs though I seem to recall the US's providing information (obtained from nuclear tests IIRC) important for warhead design and maybe nuclear material (i.e., plutonium).
- Throwawayaerlei 5y agoWe currently replenish the tritium used to boost the primaries of their nukes.
- robbiep 5y agoAnother SMH article mentions Scomo said they intend to build them in Adelaide