Underwater drones will make duds of our ‘future’ submarines, even before they’re built.
By Clive Williams
Australia is locked in to a diesel-electric submarine capability after signing a $50 billion “framework agreement” with French shipbuilding company DCNS to build 12 Shortfin Barracuda subs in Australia. It is said to be the largest, most complex defence-acquisition project in our history.
Neither major political party questioned the need for the future submarine project; they feared voters would see them as soft on national security.
