Originally Posted by rayc
Pills & Soap would be the EC song to check
I never heard this song before thanks for sharing. And yep, I can hear similarites in the percussion.

Subs...yes old Collins class but they still work.
New subs - not for 20 to 40 years according to the contracts so the US & UK are getting quite a bit of money up front, and the US is trying to negotiate a nuclear waste dump here as an add on. I can tell you, quite honestly, that the policy, the purchases, the waste dump and the AUS$368 BILLION price tag are very unpopular down under. The previous govt. did the deal, spent 60 billion getting out of deal with the French, (we received nothing because of it). The biggest hurdle is that each sate & territory has a no nuclear power/waste policy, aside for the small Lucas Heights medical facility south west of Sydney, that means that legislation to enable to purchase and use to come into effect will be needed to be passed indep. by each state & the federal govt...no mean feat. The current govt. are very unhappy to be tied to the deal by the previous mob, (they did the deal as they were leaving govt.), but have no option unless they want to add the the billions spent buying out contracts.

20 to 40 years???!!!
WWIII may be in the rearview by that time. I understand that 2027 is the planned acquisition date.
AUKUS

I have little calibration of the money involved (except that it will be big) for these subs. But imho, I'd like to see Austrailia and other allies grow this and other design/manufacturing capability. Doing so could result in better, smarter designs for all of us.

I wonder what opinion the Chief of the Defence Force (Admiral Johnston?) has. Anyone who reaches such levels is mighty smart.

Regarding Austrailian politics, I'm WAY out of my league. In my own country we have our own problems and are on the brink of flipping from a democracy to an autocracy.

As for the waste sites, I'm not sure if that will involve only the waste from the subs you'll operate or the waste from the larger international fleet. In any case, to the physicists and engineers of the allied nations I say:

"Come on guys, sharpen your pencils and develop compact fusion energy sources . . . you can do it!"

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