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Christopher135MPS t1_j6m8w1u wrote

Reply to comment by damo_w15 in Australia and France announce joint plan to supply Ukraine with artillery shells by TheGuvnor247

Sure, but one of the reasons the French subs were taking so long, and costing so much, was because australia was asking France to modify their nuclear design to conventional power.

And then when we decided we wanted nuclear subs, instead of just buying existing french designs, we fucked them over and bought US subs.

Like, what the fuck? God scomo and his government were a fucking joke.

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thevalid t1_j6mchqo wrote

French boats need to be refueled every 6-8 years and can only be refueled in France. i'm sure you can understand why this would never be workable.

we asked them to design a conventional boat, they choose to modify a nuke boat then start from new.

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BloodyChrome t1_j6mj34e wrote

The nuclear subs from US/UK are a better choice even the ALP agreed with that. French subs are rubbish, now the conventional builds may have been taking so long and costing so much because of a modification but they knew they were making modifications and so were over budget and behind schedule even after taking all that into account

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