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Interesting, former Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull suggests Australia will never actually receive a single Virginia class sub. His reasoning is they're absolute
by nomilk 2y ago
Interesting, former Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull suggests Australia will never actually receive a single Virginia class sub. His reasoning is they're absolutely crucial to US defence needs, they take an extremely long time to build, and US doctrine won't allow sales to foreign countries unless US military needs are satisfied, which, for Virginia class subs, they aren't and are unlikely to be for decades.
- defrost 2y agoThe decision to drop an existing contract for French submarines and go with overpriced non existent US nuclear submarines was a classic case of head of state goes off book w/out consultation to steer massive chunk of a countries military R&D budget and future down a path no sane person wanted. Pure PM ego trip.