Nah, mate, we'll do it the Aussie way, get them in service decades after they become obsolete.
By the time the first one rolls out of SA a decade late and double the budget they will have a swarm of Chicom submersible mini-drones waiting to shadow them from go to whoa.
Agree that we need them now, disagree that we will in 2050. Should have gone the Virginias asap.
