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If I am not mistaken, Australia insisted on the diesel subs while France would have rather supplied nuclear as it was the default design. This is also claimed
by the-dude 5y ago
If I am not mistaken, Australia insisted on the diesel subs while France would have rather supplied nuclear as it was the default design.
This is also claimed to be one of the reasons of cost/timeline overrun.
- marsouin 5y agoQuite right. France's expertise is definitely focused on nuclear subs, though conventional propulsion is said to be quieter.
- WastingMyTime89 5y ago> They would have happily exported the nuclear subs I find that surprising. As far as I know France has never exported its nuclear subs and I think they would be very reluctant to do a transfer of technology for nuclear propulsion. The contracts with both India and Brasil were for diesel propulsion.
- the-dude 5y agoI never said that, a sibling in this thread did.
- killingtime74 5y agoFrance is building a nuclear one for Brazil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_submarine_%C3%81lvaro_Alberto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_submarine_%C3%81lvar...