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Originally Posted by jimbuna
I've heard they're going to go nuclear and buy our old Swiftsure class boats  |
In Greg Combet's address he was adamant about this whole deal being Indigenous for Australia because of the added work force they will need to accomplish this as well. He feels it will be a good thing for their economy as well as accomplishing this on their own for National pride. My opinion of it though is that they need a Nuke boat. Because they want to expand their patrol range with regards to China and Taiwan. Diesel boats are great and yes very quiet once on station. The problem is getting from point A to B and remain undetected. For a diesel boat to travel a great distance in reasonable amount of time they either have to run on the surface or snorkel, either way they are far too easy to detect when transiting. With the amount of money and man power Australia will spend to upgrade from the Collins and to expand their influence in the area i think this is a waste not to go nuclear.