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It’s pretty much an Anglosphere FU to the EU here, but the stakes are one countries military industrial complex vs another. With nuclear tipped deterrents all
by taurath 5y ago
It’s pretty much an Anglosphere FU to the EU here, but the stakes are one countries military industrial complex vs another.
With nuclear tipped deterrents all around the world why are we so determined to play these power games? Not that it’s anything new of course. It reminds me of the future played out in Dune where nobody can act openly against each other so everyone is trained in espionage - what are those subs going to do? Give a 2 minute head start on 10 minute ICBMs?
- thatguy0900 5y agoI thought the purpose of the subs was to make a large first strike harder by concealing where all the launch sites are
- enkid 5y agoThat's for nuclear missile subs. The Australian subs will only have nuclear propulsion. They will be conventionally armed, like a US attack sub.
- caycep 5y agoI suspect also there's a greater need to "shadow" Chinese subs in the south china sea given expected increase in naval activity there
- nradov 5y agoThese are attack submarines. They won't carry ICBMs (or nuclear weapons of any kind) for deterrence. They could potentially be used to pre-emptively sink some Chinese missile submarines, but that's pretty far fetched.