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Turnbull expresses doubts Australia will ever get US-made submarines
Former Liberal prime minister Malcolm Turnbull roundly criticised the Aukus deal, saying it would “very likely” end up with Australia “having no submarines”.
That’s not true. The latest numbers given to the congress by the navy on 11 March this year was that the rate of production is 1.1 per annum.
They need to get to two by 2028 to be able to meet their own requirements, and to 2.33 to meet their own plus Australia’s.
There would be a very high price to pay if something were to go wrong with Aukus because we must have peace in our region and Aukus is crucial to that.
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