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nekandro@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

Australia chose AUKUS and now it faces the prospect of having no submarine capability for at least a decade

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Australia chose AUKUS and now it faces the prospect of having no submarine capability for at least a decade

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nekandro@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago
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Australia chose Aukus and now it faces the prospect of having no submarine capability for at least a decade | Malcolm Turnbull
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The provision of American Virginia-class subs depends on US industrial development, military needs, politics – and possibly Trump. Australia has no agency or leverage over any of these
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    That was known on day 1

    Whatever made us throw France under the bus must have been pretty fucking good and also had nothing to do with Subs.

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      Whatever made us throw France under the bus

      US interference in the form of diplomatic extortion is my bet.

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        As soon as I read “diesel,” I guessed that.

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      Mostly the conservatives being unable to think beyond Bush-era “cheese-eating surrender monkeys” stereotypes, I’d bet

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      A variety of reasons including, rather ironically, concerns about delays: https://www.politico.eu/article/why-australia-wanted-out-of-its-french-sub-deal/

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        Even more ironic is a bunch of the delays were caused by Australia demanding the French change the designs from nuclear to diesel

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      On an unrelated matter. France needs to be thrown under the bus from time to time. They need the constant pressure of revolution to function properly.

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        They need the constant pressure of revolution to function properly.

        Looking at the last 250 years of history, FTFY

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      It was scomo he’s a dumb cunt

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