Will Australia receive its first submarines around 2040 and no longer around 2030?

2021-09-22T12:40:24.410Z

VERIFICATION - This is what the spokesperson for the Ministry of the Armed Forces said. Paris thus likes to underline the inconsistencies of the Australian choice. Is right ?

THE QUESTION

Furious at the

Australian

“

betrayal

”, French officials like to point out the inconsistencies in Canberra's decision.

By renouncing the contract with Naval Group to prefer the “

AUKUS

”

alliance

with the United States and the United Kingdom, Australia has not only deceived the confidence of Paris.

The choice of nuclear rather than conventional submarines (with electronic batteries powered by a diesel engine) would also be fraught with strategic consequences, whether in terms of sovereignty or deadlines.

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The first

Attack

submarines
were to be delivered by 2030. With this new AUKUS partnership, it's hard to imagine before 2040. It's a long time, when you see the speed at which China is militarizing,

" said the

Minister.

spokesperson for the Ministry of the Armed Forces Hervé Grandjean.

What about this timeline really?

CHECKS

Australia now has 6

Collins

class submarines

The first entered service in 1996. Their replacement is therefore a long-anticipated necessity.

In its

White Defense Paper

of 2016, Canberra thus indicates its wish