On 20/9/21 9:49 am, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
When Australia decided to buy a submarine ...
Australia could lease submarines, complete with crews, in the short term. This would avoid investing in soon to be obsolete designs from the US or UK and loow for work on underwater drones and tactics to mature..
The RAN borrowed the Spanish Navy's supply ship Cantabria for nine months, before ordering two ships. https://www.australiandefence.com.au/news/cantabria-to-leave-australia-with-great-wealth-of-knowledge
After a a few years Australia could thank the UK and the USA, and as they did with the French, say "No thanks, we don't want your submarines".
The Australian Government could then do what the average Australian does when they want cheap, reliable, transport: buy a
Hyundai. ;-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dosan_Ahn_Changho-class_submarine -- Tom Worthington http://www.tomw.net.au _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
