[New post] Australia’s nuclear submarines likely to be obsolete and useless.

Christina MacPherson posted: " When Australia decided to buy a fleet of new nuclear-powered attack submarines earlier this month, it sparked international outrage. China labelled it a "cold war, zero sum mentality". France was enraged atbeing left out. The deal will cost Australi" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Antinuclear Australia's nuclear submarines likely to be obsolete and useless. by Christina MacPherson When Australia decided to buy a fleet of new nuclear-powered attack submarines earlier this month, it sparked international outrage. China labelled it a "cold war, zero sum mentality". France was enraged at being left out. The deal will cost Australia $100 billion, and hand UK and US technology to a fleet of attack submarines, the apex predators of naval warfare. But by the time they are delivered in 20 years' time, these submarines could be obsolete. No one really knows how these submarines would perform in a conflict situation. It's true that submarines have occasionally launched cruise missiles at land targets, but there has been no real submarine combat since 1982, when HMS Conqueror torpedoed the General Belgrano off the Falklands. Exactly how well submarines fareagainst modern anti-submarine warfare (ASW) forces is a continuing debate.    Wired 29th Sept 2021 https://www.wired.co.uk/article/aukus-nuclear-submarines-australia-warfare This free site is ad-supported. Learn more ​ Christina MacPherson | September 30, 2021 at 7:42 am | Categories: AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, weapons and war | URL: https://wp.me/pAhaJ-owl Comment    See all comments    Like Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Antinuclear. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://antinuclear.net/2021/09/30/australias-nuclear-submarines-likely-to-be-obsolete-and-useless/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com