The AUKUS Submarine Deal is Dead - The US can’t provide the submarines. The UK can neither make up for the shortfall nor co-develop such a submarine in a reasonable timeframe (nationalsecurityjournal.org)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/australia@aussie.zone

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[-] Fleur_@aussie.zone 17 points 3 weeks ago

"Heyyyyyyy"

-Australia to France right now

[-] dgriffith@aussie.zone 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

" Read 16h ago "

France

[-] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 17 points 3 weeks ago

If this is so, well, thank fuck for that. Such a bad, expensive idea. One good thing to come from Trump is a severe loss of faith in the US, long overdue.

[-] No1@aussie.zone 12 points 3 weeks ago

It would be kinda funny if we crawled back to the French, begged them to build us some subs, and then the French tell us to "Mange de la merde!"

[-] TimePencil@infosec.exchange 11 points 3 weeks ago

@No1

The French wouldn't say that. They'd say whatever is French for "Sign here!"

We'd then pay them a few more BILLION dollars, and the French would wait a week or two for another policy reversal.

At the rate we're going, we'll end up buying our subs from China...

@Davriellelouna

[-] Tenderizer@aussie.zone 4 points 3 weeks ago

We'd probably better be able to rely on the Chinese ones during WW3 than the American ones.

[-] philpo@feddit.org 1 points 3 weeks ago

To be honest, at least then the navy would know exactly what they are fighting against.

[-] whybird@aus.social 1 points 3 weeks ago

@TimePencil @No1 @Davriellelouna … through temu

[-] ausgroucho@aus.social 10 points 3 weeks ago

@Davriellelouna
If so, then good. It was always a dud.

Another white elephant from an outgoing LNP government that won't be blamed for the useless expense.

Neither the US nor the UK will cop any flack. Scott Moronson will walk away with zero mention by a compliant media.

The ALP will be abused for the whole shitty deal. One of their first acts should have been to say, "Keep the deposit, we'll get the penalty fine to you when the first sub was due." (So never, effectively).