There's no more block III in the production line. All are now block IV produced by GD electric boatswonder if they will aiming for the block III, it would be good ability of land strike for RAN.
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There's no more block III in the production line. All are now block IV produced by GD electric boatswonder if they will aiming for the block III, it would be good ability of land strike for RAN.
Nope. Virginia class reactors is specifically designed to last a whole lifetime of the hull. Afterwards the hull section is cut out and sent to storage. Usually subs need a refueling after 15-20 yearswait, it cannot be refueled?
wait, it cannot be refueled?
The deal was in a way US navy trying to get more subs against china at the expense of the Australians.The french proposal was a costly one but atleast Australia would have recieved 12 boats without any massive upgrade to infrastructure. Now they arent gonna get a new sub till 2034 with the first SSN- A will only enter service by early 2040. Contrary to the popular talking point of nuclear subs being "cheaper option "than carriers Brazil is spending 3.8 billion on constructing their nuclear sub. Indian SSN phase 1 for two nuke subs are estimated at 5 billion. So imagine the prize of 3 used Virginia and SSN aukus that is going to be made in Australia is going to be.Yeah, I've kinda thought that way from the start.
Like, no doubt we need better subs. But aren't these things going to be better in US hands than ours if any conflict breaks out anyway, considering our dumbass "no nuclear weapons for us!" stance?
We do need something better than our diesel bullshit, we're going to have to grow up and join the...19-fucking-60s at some point. But in some hypothetical existential showdown, these things are better with the Americans where they can actually be used to their potential with the firepower they're designed for.