United States Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has fronted a congressional hearing where he was grilled over the delivery of Virginia class submarines under the AUKUS submarine deal.
The Pentagon’s current budget year forecast has cut submarine production from two to one ship per year.
This will likely delay the delivery of the three Virginia class submarines Australia is set to receive under the AUKUS deal in the 2030s.
Representative Joe Courtney, whose district is home to a large submarine shipyard, has raised these concerns.
He also flagged new protections that allow the President to delay delivery if the submarine transfer would compromise the US fleet.
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Bad deal anyway, 385 billion could buy thousands of fighter jets and defence systems….
Who could have guessed this would happen. Einstein.😂🤠
Curious to see if US voters have recognised that Trump's appointed supreme Court justices are trying to delay their decision on Trump's presidential immunity claim until after the 2024 presidential election….🤔
Probably not….🤭
😆😆😆……only in America
The difference between what labor says – and what is actually true – is night and day. Australia has to start from scratch to build nuclear submarines. And this is a long road. Nuclear reactor – is not hard – we have one at Lucas Heights in Sydney – so Australia can build a nuclear reactor.
Lease second hand submarines – again not hard. Sign the contract. You wont build these submarines in Australia. They are built by specialist companies. All Australia will get is the ongoing maintenance – of the submarines. There's nothing hard here – to do. To lease second hand nuclear submarines – is easily done. It is the case – that Australia – is using both the U.S. and U.K. for this program. That makes it complicated. And the way it has been done – to expensive.
However labor – you could not trust with your lunch money. They would steal it from you – and eat your lunch. If anyone believed labor on this project. You would have "fool" stamped all over your forehead.
Always delays in oz. Free Assange and shut up😅
Oh, Magoo, you've done it again! 😆
Incompetent Albanese
If i didnt know better with these delays its like Labor wants us to be invaded.Wonder how much Albo got for selling us to China.
It's pleasing to have one's predictions realised……again!
US's 'Suez Moment'. The Emperor Has No Clothes. Build a better world with BRICS. Alister Crooke on Judge Nap. The west's 'Infantile Disorder'. AUKUS relied on Hillary winning & Russia capitulating..heads up..both failed to materialise for the neocons. Diddums! Win for the world. The Putin Defeats Globalism. 🕊⚖
Had Australia fronted the money to INCREASE a 3rd production line in the US instead of funding South Australian sub debacle #2 – we'd have all America on board plus get the subs sooner.
But. The last thing these leftists are interested in is rallying to the defence of Australia.
It's really sad when other Countries can see what our own government is doing to its people!!! The leftist cowards are killing its own people!! A good portion of far leftists goal is to lie, cheat, steal, & incarcerate USA CITIZENS!! While they're giving ILLEGALS money, food, a place to stay for FREE!! Our own are having a difficult time buying necessities fo
What a shocker
This president wants to weaken our national security
It's simple countries don't trust Labor
Two glaring examples of Australian (RAN) inept and inexperience within contract administration shine through.
● whoever wrote the initial Statement of Requirement should be fired.
● the lack of experience and knowledge when evaluating tenders was palpable.
● The difference when negotiating between the USA and UK is so great that only a fool would have selected the US product.
The rhetoric espoused on the national defence posture indicates that, like South Korea, it is time for a two-year national service component to be initiated. The consensus appears to be the enemy is at the gate..
Labor is quietly sabotaging Aukus,
So labor have gone from 7 to 5 to 3 now…
The French are laughing.
Two political retards shaking hands. Aren't they clever. Not a brain cell between them.