https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/15/biden-deal-uk-australia-defense-tech-sharing-511877
In what way?
Yep, that’s correct. However Australia has always operated conventional diesel powered subs, deliberately avoiding nuclear powered subs. Australia is currently building new diesel powered subs in conjunction with France. We have now cancelled that project, and will for the first time be building nuclear powered subs in conjunction with the US, and UK. There are currently only six nations with nuclear powered subs (with Brazil in development), Australia will become the seventh (or eighth).
No. One says g'day, mate and the other says g'day, mate.
Say what?
The COVID-19 pandemic has reminded me of that book/films. When COVID-19 was spreading around the world, and Australia remained COVID-19 free, it seemed like we were living in a paradise as the rest of the world was dying. We continued to go about our normal lives, ignoring the inevitability of our doom, because we may as well enjoy our last COVID-19 free moments. It still feels a bit like that for me, as even though some parts of Australia are struggling with COVID-19, my state is completely COVID-19 free. I'm grateful, but it's an eerie feeling, just like the tone of the movie.
The Navy has always had great food. When in Vietnam I was once stationed in a small detachment on Monkey Mountain near Da Nang. Our detachment was too small to have a mess hall so three times a day we rode a truck down to the Navy base at Camp Tien Sha, near Da Nang. It was like dying and going to heaven. In my two years in the Army I've never eaten that good. They had like three main courses to choose from and could choose from about half a dozen, side dishes, desserts and salads. In my Army base in Da Nang near the airport we ate powdered eggs, powdered milk, powdered krusteaz pancake mix mixed with water, and karo corn syrup with no napkins and no butter of margarine. Every morning that's what I ate. For dinner we had some sort of scrawny chicken and powdered mashed potatoes with no napkins. Always these strange giant horse pills that were giant, round and pinkish. They told us they were to prevent malaria but I suspect it was some sort of guinea pig medicine and we were the guinea pigs.
Why are nuclear subs a problem?
Yeah, that's about the only thing that makes sense...
Where did you hear they were a problem?
They sell $50 Billion dollar Peugeots and you can get out of the signed contract willy nilly?
Remember when we took out the French embassy in Libya because they wouldnt allow us to fly over their air space?
I don't know anything about it.
There have been many problems with this contract. The French company initially said they could do it for $50 billion, but it blew out to $90 billion. They were supposed to hire a 90% Australian workforce, but then reduced it to 60%. The French, and Australian staff had very different work ethics. The French were well aware of all of these issues, yet they remained unresolved. If the French want to be angry at someone, they should look in the mirror.
France withdraws ambassadors to Australia and US over submarines deal
