Australian subs may be built in Japan

TarJak · 09-08-14, 04:45 PM

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2014-0...tracts/5729052

This may just be a storm in a teapot, but there are some irate businesses in South Australia that there is no clarity yet on what is being built where.

One the one hand I get the government's view that it will be cheaper and faster to get the hulls built in Japan then assembled and fitted out here but on the other hand the jobs and industry skills etc being lost are disappointing.

The bigger puzzle for me is once built, how we intend to crew 12 of the things when we struggle to crew the 6 Collins class subs we have now.

09-08-14, 04:45 PM	#1
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Australian subs may be built in Japan http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2014-0...tracts/5729052 This may just be a storm in a teapot, but there are some irate businesses in South Australia that there is no clarity yet on what is being built where. One the one hand I get the government's view that it will be cheaper and faster to get the hulls built in Japan then assembled and fitted out here but on the other hand the jobs and industry skills etc being lost are disappointing. The bigger puzzle for me is once built, how we intend to crew 12 of the things when we struggle to crew the 6 Collins class subs we have now.