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Australia chose AUKUS and now it faces the prospect of having no submarine capability for at least a decade (www.theguardian.com)
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[โ€“] YungOnions@sh.itjust.works 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

A variety of reasons including, rather ironically, concerns about delays: https://www.politico.eu/article/why-australia-wanted-out-of-its-french-sub-deal/

[โ€“] tristan@aussie.zone 19 points 7 months ago

Even more ironic is a bunch of the delays were caused by Australia demanding the French change the designs from nuclear to diesel