Incredible admission Australia’s nuclear submarines won’t be ready until ‘the 2040s’ – leaving the country vulnerable for another 20 YEARS

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10963357/Australias-nuclear-submarines-wont-ready-2040s.html

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SCIENCE said:

the gun violence against women republic will save us

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> leaving the country vulnerable for another 20 YEARS

Ha! Vulnerable to what?

You overcome vulnerability by satellite observations, not submarines.

Submarines are for clandestine operations such as secretly transferring people and documents.

mollwollfumble said:

> leaving the country vulnerable for another 20 YEARS

Ha! Vulnerable to what?

You overcome vulnerability by satellite observations, not submarines.

Submarines are for clandestine operations such as secretly transferring people and documents.

We can expand our launch capabilities and build orbital weapons

Cymek said:

mollwollfumble said:

> leaving the country vulnerable for another 20 YEARS

Ha! Vulnerable to what?

You overcome vulnerability by satellite observations, not submarines.

Submarines are for clandestine operations such as secretly transferring people and documents.

We can expand our launch capabilities and build orbital weapons

Submarines should be able to attack surface vessels, via torpedo’s or missiles

Cymek said:

mollwollfumble said:

> leaving the country vulnerable for another 20 YEARS

Ha! Vulnerable to what?

You overcome vulnerability by satellite observations, not submarines.

Submarines are for clandestine operations such as secretly transferring people and documents.

We can expand our launch capabilities and build orbital weapons

Haven’t been reading this thread but:

1. Australia is an island, and particularly susceptible to submarine warfare. For much of the post WW2 period, the RAN was primarily an antisubmarine navy (and quite good at it).

2. the best weapon for hunting and killing a submarine is another submarine.