Comments by "Asbestos Muffins" (@AsbestosMuffins) on "Australia’s Next Submarine: A Breakdown" video.

this whole thing was a mess since the french offered to build a nuclear sub first then the austrailians insisted it had to be a long range diesel, so they heavily modified the design to fit diesels instead, only for the US to offer up nuclear again and austrailia to change its mind again. All in all the french did a lot of work and are pissed off but I think this will pass eventually, alliances are stronger than a few incidents
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@checker297 you only need to refuel a nuclear sub like once, or in the case of more modern designs, never. refitting might be more difficult but I think france and austrailia could have worked out how to build the local infrastructure needed to maintain the new nukes. the problem is austrailia has basically committed to delaying new submarines until at least the mid 2030s. Australia needs to work right now to start building up a nuclear knowledge base
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