The US Congressional Research Service admits that the country's industrial base is very far from achieving the target of building 2.33 submarines per year needed to build replacement submarines for those sold to Australia: in fact the rate is currently only "1.2 to 1.4".
Given this, they actually propose to just forgo the sale of submarines entirely (!) and go for an alternative approach where the US deploys US submarines manned by the US Navy to Australia instead: "up to eight additional Virginia-class SSNs would be built, and instead of three to five of them being sold to Australia, these additional boats would instead be retained in U.S. Navy service and operated out of Australia."
But since they don't want to miss out on the Australian money meant for the subs, they conveniently propose that Australia instead spends it on other US military products: "Australia, instead of using funds to purchase, build, operate, and maintain its own SSNs, would instead invest those funds in other military capabilities—such as, for example, long-range anti-ship missiles, drones, loitering munitions, B-21 long-range bombers, or other long-range strike aircraft".
All this for the purpose of "performing military missions for both Australia and the United States".
So essentially, from Australia's standpoint, the new deal would mean:
- Zero control over the submarines operated on its territory since it'd all be manned by the U.S. Navy
- Australia still spends a similar eyewatering amount…
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As an Aussie, I find it outrageous that we got suckered into this by our scumbag politicians in the first place! We screwed the French over, ruined our name, paid damages, paid more money, and now the subs have vanished into thin air! You couldn`t make this up! Our leaders openly hate us!
Unfortunately Western democracies produce politicians, not leaders like Xi or Putin. Politicians are all for sale, and the US Empire owns the printing press.
Combine that with Epstein pedo blackmail operations and GAE vassal nations have no independence. We coup ppl that try.
@8PX434QAnti-Capitalism2yrs2Y
Welcome to the 3rd world club, bro
Imagine France looting Sahel? That's you now
1st world was looting 3rd one until it could while buying western public's consent
Plundering Africa is less cost effective now, so it's your turn
Good news - it's the last stage of the Empire
@PoultryBenVeteran2yrs2Y
The US doesn’t have much of a ship building industry anymore. That was their first excuse for bleeding us. Our intelligence agencies couldn’t have told us that. The CIA wouldn’t allow our intelligence services to relay that sort of information to government.
@UniqueM4jorityGreen2yrs2Y
Wait we promised Australia super cool subs but now can’t make them? lmao
@PeacefulWeaselSocialist2yrs2Y
The subs have been a running joke in Australia for at least a decade when they were first proposed (French maybe? Or UK sourced).
No one ever expects them to be delivered. We view the sub contract as a tribute to empire. Sub diplomacy we called it.
Australia is **** ed, we are now simply an expendable US military base.
US Bombers from Amberley, Brisbane Launch from Tindall in Northern Territory.
Pine Gap outside Katherine, NT is a major US surveillance Spy base.
Western Australia UK/US subs, ships
To be fair, Ozzies have been enthusiastically riding shotgun with Uncle Sam for decades, whether to kill in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq or Afghanistan. You ride shotgun for them long enough, they'll start to ride you. Well deserved. Karma is a not a fun day at the beach.
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