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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/australia@aussie.zone
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[-] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 18 points 1 week ago

If this is so, well, thank fuck for that. Such a bad, expensive idea. One good thing to come from Trump is a severe loss of faith in the US, long overdue.

[-] Fleur_@aussie.zone 17 points 1 week ago

"Heyyyyyyy"

-Australia to France right now

[-] dgriffith@aussie.zone 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

" Read 16h ago "

  • France
[-] No1@aussie.zone 12 points 1 week ago

It would be kinda funny if we crawled back to the French, begged them to build us some subs, and then the French tell us to "Mange de la merde!"

[-] TimePencil@infosec.exchange 11 points 1 week ago

@No1

The French wouldn't say that. They'd say whatever is French for "Sign here!"

We'd then pay them a few more BILLION dollars, and the French would wait a week or two for another policy reversal.

At the rate we're going, we'll end up buying our subs from China...

@Davriellelouna

[-] Tenderizer@aussie.zone 4 points 1 week ago

We'd probably better be able to rely on the Chinese ones during WW3 than the American ones.

[-] philpo@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago

To be honest, at least then the navy would know exactly what they are fighting against.

[-] ausgroucho@aus.social 10 points 1 week ago

@Davriellelouna
If so, then good. It was always a dud.

Another white elephant from an outgoing LNP government that won't be blamed for the useless expense.

Neither the US nor the UK will cop any flack. Scott Moronson will walk away with zero mention by a compliant media.

The ALP will be abused for the whole shitty deal. One of their first acts should have been to say, "Keep the deposit, we'll get the penalty fine to you when the first sub was due." (So never, effectively).

[-] Mountaineer@aussie.zone 5 points 1 week ago

nationalsecurityjournal.org looks like a propaganda outlet.

How do you even check the bonafides of a random site like this?

[-] UpperBroccoli 5 points 1 week ago
[-] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago
[-] nevetsg@aussie.zone 1 points 1 week ago

I am no expert but the Japanese Sub 'looked' really cool when it visited a few years back

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