Australia won’t receive Aukus nuclear submarines unless US doubles shipbuilding, admiral warns
by Ben Doherty from US news | The Guardian on (#6YY5F)
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull says there is a very, very high' chance Virginia-class subs will never arrive under Australian control
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The US cannot sell any Virginia-class nuclear submarines to Australia without doubling its production rate, because it is making too few for its own defence, the navy's nominee for chief of operations has told Congress.
There are no magic beans" to boosting the US's sclerotic shipbuilding capacity, Admiral Daryl Caudle said in frank evidence before a Senate committee.
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