'As a Prime Minister, I must make decisions that are in Australia's national security,' Mr Morrison said. So what happens to the France submarine deal?Īustralia will be pulling out of the deal to have French shipbuilder Naval Group deliver a dozen conventional submarines, however the details on how that will happen and what that might cost remain unclear. 'The management of waste, the disposal of the submarine at the end of its life, all of those are issues where we will be engaging with our US and UK partners,' Defence department secretary Greg Moriarty said. And all this affected, self-obsessed, WASP-y teen angst is making me want to take a big old Hollywood flamethrower to the next disaffected kid who comes along with bicycle and a bowl-cut. Greens leader Adam Bandt referred to nuclear submarines as 'floating Chernobyls', and said his party would vehemently oppose the new partnership.Īustralia doesn't have much domestic nuclear capability, and the UK, US will work with Australia over the next 18 months to determine how the plan will be delivered, including how the subs will be fuelled. Submarine is a fine enough example of its genre, but it’s a story we’ve seen a hundred times before. That gives them a huge advantage over conventional submarines, as they're faster, quieter, need to surface less often and don't need to be refuelled.īut there are those with concerns about the safety of nuclear reactors. The subs being acquired by Australia won't have nuclear weapons, but they will have nuclear reactors instead of conventional diesel-electric propulsion systems. There's a difference between a nuclear-powered submarine and a nuclear-armed submarine.

What does it mean that these submarines are nuclear? Mr Morrison said $2.4 billion had already been spent on that program. There's no word yet on how much the new nuclear deal may cost and it's unclear how much Australia might have to pay to scuttle its deal with France. The 12-submarine project that Australia just ditched was worth $90 billion. In general, submarines are also incredibly expensive. 'Some in China might well say this is a response to our concerns over China, but, you know, the conversation about acquiring nuclear-powered submarines has been going on since the 1960s,' he said.

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