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ASC can’t build a canoe, now trusted with N-submarines

Analysis and Commentary, Defence, Manufacturing NewsBy Peter Roberts March 25, 2024

By Peter Roberts The decision that BAE Systems Australia and ASC Pty Ltd are to build SSN‑AUKUS submarines in Adelaide promises to return government-owned ASC closer to the role originally intended when then defence minister Kim Beazley established the ASC to build the Collins Class submarine. The company, which will now also sustain Virginia and…

N-submarines well worth the wait – Kim Beazley

Analysis and Commentary, Defence, Manufacturing NewsBy Peter Roberts October 26, 2023

Eminent Australian political leader Kim Beazley has weighed in on the AUKUS submarine debate, writing that the submarines were necessitated by Australia’s strategic position in our region. Beazley, a former Governor of Western Australia, Ambassador to the United States and federal opposition leader, said Australia’s nuclear-powered submarines would be worth the wait, and the cost.…