I heard (from The Drive https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/42390/australian-navy-goes-nuclear-with-future-submarine-force https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zo

I heard (from The Drive https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/42390/australian-navy-goes-nuclear-with-future-submarine-force https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/42390/australian-navy-...) the French deal had gone up to $70 billion. Why is this fact not presented more obviously? France seems to have been soaking Australia for an inferior, non-nuclear submarine fleet. Why is it surprising or even controversial that they cancelled the deal? I realize France is doing a full time PR push, here, but it seems to come down to a pretty terrible deal that Australia doesn’t want any more. Seriously, $70 billion for 12 diesel subs??