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Originally Posted by Cybermat47
With France, Germany, Australia, and other diesel-electric and AIP users firmly within the USA’s sphere of influence, is there a need for the US to make diesel-electric or AIP submarines? If the US strategy stated by ET2SN works, then future naval conflicts will be fought closer to the waters of the USA’s allies. They’ll need diesel-electric and AIP subs, but the USN won’t.
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Interesting points, but they are all afraid to sell any to Taiwan for fear of upsetting their business relations with China. Incidentally the French produce the successful Scorpene submarine, it appears purely for export, as I think all French Navy subs are nuclear, as are the UK. The last UK diesels were the 4 sold to Canada. The Canadians seem to have had a lot of trouble with these, but I am not sure that is the fault of the submarine.