Australia says France knew of 'grave' submarine concerns

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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — France would have known Australia had “deep and grave concerns” that a submarine fleet the French were building would not meet Australian needs, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Sunday after the contract's cancellation set off a diplomatic crisis.

France accused Australia of concealing its intentions to back out of the 90 billion Australian dollar ($66 billion) contract for French majority state-owned Naval Group to build 12 conventional diesel-electric submarines.

President Joe Biden revealed last week a new alliance including Australia and Britain that would deliver an Australian fleet of at least eight nuclear-powered submarines.

Morrison blamed the switch on a deteriorating strategic environment in the Indo-Pacific. He has not specifically referred to China’s massive military buildup, which has gained pace in recent years.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/australia-says-france-knew-grave-080352564.html

[PdamnedQ]

1. "The deteriorating strategic environment"

Maybe things could have turned out differently had we had something more than an orange douche bag in the White House. Once again it's shown just how completely incompetent the FG and his so called administration were.

This is entirely a Republican dereliction of duty, but like always we'll have to clean the mess up. While the whiny ass GOP blames everyone but themselves.

[TomSlick]

2. The French have nuclear powered submarines.

France is Australian's ally too. Australia is staring down the threat of Chinese aggression. Why would France try to foist-off obsolete technology on Australia?