Explainer: Australian submarines have a sinking feeling
It is unsurprising that an official warning has sounded over spiralling problems relating to the ‘high-risk’ Project Sea 1000, a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) programme to procure 12 ‘regionally superior’ submarines to replace six in-service Collins-class boats.
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