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Subject: Australia Prepares For War With China
SYSOP    6/8/2012 5:32:01 AM
 
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Dave_in_Pa       6/11/2012 1:23:34 AM
"The new boats will be larger (about 4,000 tons) and cost about $2 billion each (more than the U.S. Virginia class nuclear powered attack subs)."
 
IMO, it'd be far smarter for the Aussies to just buy 12 Virginia class boats from the US. They'd save a lot of money and have a fleet of far more formidable nuclear attack boats.
 
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WarNerd       6/11/2012 5:49:30 AM
Actually, if they bought Virginia's they probably wouldn't need all 12.  Given the greater speed and endurance of a nuke they would spend more time on patrol and less in transit.
 
A submerged AIP sub is stealthy, but not very mobile.
 
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