A RAN submarine crew form the shape of a submarine in a George Patterson Y&R Melbourne advertisement for the Royal Australian Navy. The photo by Andreas Smetana illustrates the Navy’s greatest attribute: teamwork.By Alastair Cooper*
THE discussion generated by the selection of partners for the construction of future submarines has been fascinating. Crispin Hull has suggested (in Fairfax Media and reproduced on the ANI site here.) that the submarine spending is illogical because submarines are going to be obsolete and that if we are going to have them, they should be nuclear powered. This is a bit like saying your next car is a choice between a horse-drawn cart or a solar powered, autonomous vehicle which picks you up and reads you the email as it drives you home.
