Fantastic news. Australiaowes Robert Gottliebsen (journalist at The Australian) big time. He's beenpointing out the folly of the $300bn waste involved in the French diesel subdeal for years.
This will be a nuclear powered sub, eventually manufactured with the UK (with a temporary USA fill in in the interim), with conventional weapons (Aegis Combat System on steroids). An extension of the Brexit Trade agreement. Biden was against it, but caved, when the UK & Australia put their foot down (via Dutton). UK will provide us with nuclear technology, since Australia is helping refine the simple missile 6 and sea Sparrow's jointly with the USA. This is all designed to strengthen the capacity against the dangerous Chinese hypersonic missiles.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-16/australia-nuclear-submarine-partnership-us-uk/100465814
