[LINK] Australia in a 'good position' as AUKUS powers ahead

[Tom Worthington]

On 1/20/25 23:37, Stephen Loosley wrote:

> Australia in a 'good position' as AUKUS powers ahead
> Story by Tess Ikonomou  6 hours ago
> https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/australia-in-a-good-position-as-aukus-powers-ahead/ar-AA1xtIcd
> 
> The AUKUS partnership looks safe as key members of the Trump administration back an agreement ...

However, it is not clear the USA can build enough submarines for its own 
use, let alone additional ones for Australia. This is despite Australia 
contributing $4.7B to boost the US shipbuilding industry.

In my-non expert view, Australia would be better off building a couple 
of hundred robot submarines in Sydney, plus a dozen optionally crewed 
support ships at Australian shipyards: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Shark_(submarine)

We can train up people to design, build and program other drones: 
https://blog.highereducationwhisperer.com/2022/12/some-thoughts-on-australian-higher.html#drones


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Tom Worthington http://www.tomw.net.au
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