Comments by "Chef Chaudard" (@chefchaudard3580) on "" video.
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@LarsPallesen it is unclear, yet.
What has been announced is that US, UK and Australia will "share" submarines in the foreseeable future. Probably, at first, some Australians crew members among the others.
There will be US, and probably UK, bases in Australia. What good it is for the UK is unknown, as they have no interests in the Pacific, but, OK...
What is speculated is that, as the UK starts designing a replacement for the Astute class subs, Australia can be part of the project. As the first one is planned for 2040, nobody knows which subs Australia will have in the 2030/40 period, however.
Will the UK or the US loan one of theirs? Or will they patrol in the Pacific on Australia's behalf (meaning Australia will pay for that)?
The only benefit for the UK, apart from the fact Bojo can brag about that deal in the UK, maybe that Australia may order some Astute class submarines, to be made in the UK. But nothing of the like was confirmed, so far.
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