Australia will consider the possibility of renting or buying ready-made submarines from the United States or Great Britain in the near future. This was announced by the head of the Australian Defense Office Peter Dutton.
As the TASS reports, in an interview with the Sky News Australia TV channel, the Minister of Defense of Australia reported that the country is considering the possibility of buying or renting existing submarines from the USA or the UK to start re-equipment of his fleet, without waiting for the descent of the first atomic submarines that will be Built in Adelaide, scheduled for 2036. “I have already met with a number of my colleagues in the United States, including those who accept such decisions, and in the future we will conduct appropriate consultations in the UK,” said Dutton.
The Minister denied the information that the Australian authorities were deliberately misleading their French colleagues regarding the construction agreement on the construction of diesel submarines concluded by the two countries in 2016. Dutton argued that the Australian government “frankly, openly and honestly” informed about the problems that arose during the implementation of this contract. “We openly talked about problems and that we need to act in our national interests, given the changing circumstances in the Indo-Pacific region. The assumption that the Government of Australia did not express such fears, just challenge, frankly, all the information, in public access, and what we have publicly spoken for a long period of time, “Datton stressed.
Australia, United Kingdom and US on September 15 announced the creation of a new security partnership – Aukus. As part of the Agreement, Australia, in particular, plans with the help of American technologies to build at least eight nuclear submarines, the first of which will be taken to combat duty in 2036, as well as re-equip their armed forces by American wicked rockets. Because of this, Canberra ripped the largest defense contract with France in its history, which called this decision to “blow back” and recalled its ambassadors to Australia and the United States for consultation.