It's never that simple. From what I understand, France is willing to sell nuclear submarines, with some caveats related to non-proliferation treaties (though a

It's never that simple. From what I understand, France is willing to sell nuclear submarines, with some caveats related to non-proliferation treaties (though apparently the upcoming US deal might blatantly violate those). This kind of move is about backroom deals and consolidation of soft power; if Australia had asked France for nuclear submarines, they would never have sunk a multi-billion deal over that.