11/16/2023 0 Comments Submarine drawing art![]() ![]() Lionesses roar to victory! England will play Spain in their first ever World Cup final after stunning 3-1 semi-final victory against Australia - leaving millions of heartbroken Matildas fans crying into their Fosters.Keep hoping it will fail, it fuels the determination to get it done. In that light, this deal is the best possible for acquiring nuclear powered submarines. The first three officers have already completed the basic nuclear course for the US navy.Īs for being a bad deal, how much more would it cost Australia trying to achieve this on its own? And how much longer would it take. It may take a little longer or cost a little more but once the capacity is achieved, it will become easier to maintain as time and experience improve. This capacity is needed and as such failure is not an option. Australia has a defense budget approaching 30 bill per year. The cost is bearable and spread out over 40 -50 years would be expensive but doable at twice the cost. Some seem to be wishing heavily that this will fail. Keating's remarks is right, the worst deal ever! Australia just cannot afford this program. There will be two outcome, either the massive budget sunk Australia or the project sunk itself. A military of less than 100,000 of combined army, navy and air force regulars, even with modern arms, threatens nobody on its own, least of all China. ![]() It threatens nobody, but will be able to respond when called on to do so. For Australia and its allies.Īustralia has a small but modern military. SSN's add ranger for power projection and gives an improved ability to respond to attacks from anywhere and anyone close or far in a limited and calculated way. Australia is enhancing its ability to serve that cause with increased capabilities in the naval sphere and in missile defense, while bolstering domestic manufacturing of munitions including long and short range missiles, 155mm artillery rounds, armoured vehicles, self propelled artillery, AI unmanned fighters as multi mission units and force multipliers for manned air force platforms and more. Those called upon to defend freedom against forces working to capture, enslave and deprive people of their right to choose, must remain vigilant and prepared. Russia's invasion is in Ukraine but it disrupts global food supplies, making that conflict of global concern. There is no point is identifying issues as regional, as the global trade interweaves though every region making things global. It is a small world indeed and we are all a part of it. This improvement in military capacity comes at a time of turmoil with Russia's invasion, China's planned invasion of Taiwan, unrest in Africa, South America, Middle east. Australia does not shirk its duty to help promote and keep peace, and to face autocratic nations with designs on empire building in this day and age among other tasks these ships will ultimate do in service of Australia. All modern military naval platforms are expensive and expected to serve 20-40 years in Australian service. Of course $246 billion only buys you 8 subs and on average only 4 will be deployed. 4ĭeanzaZZRToday 02:09 pm And now your $246 billion investment can help your navy sail submarines outside the first island chain thousands of kilometers away from Australian waters in an attempt to contain China. ![]() This is in US interests almost as much as it is in Australian interests. I am confident US forces would be much happier knowing that Australian reinforcements will be SSN's with greater speed, endurance and firepower as opposed to diesel electric submarines that are slower, less armaments, shallower diving, and needing constant fuel replenishment. The US needs greater capacity to build more submarines and this agreement gives impetus to the US to increase manufacturing and in the end will provide another ally with the ability to also manufacture these high end platforms to assist the US as it has for over seventy years, when the US requests Australian involvement/assistance. Once Australia has its eight nuclear powered submarines in the water, the benefit to the US will be greater than the loss of three units for 5-10 years before they replace them with the funds made from Australia. With AUKUS the three nations intend on working much closer together and share the load more as well as the intelligence already shared under five eyes. The Australian submarines can replace some US Submarines in the region, doing the exact same job US subs would do. ![]() Add the sale of three giving funds back to build three more for the US. Enough for the US to purchase another submarine. Australia is planing on sending skilled people to US shipyards to help increase production, and to "donate" a few billion dollars to assist production. ![]()
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