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Originally Posted by Chris
So Australia desiring to upgrade to nuclear powered subs that can stay underwater for more than a few days at a time … is that not ‘stepping up to do their part’ for collective defence in the Pacific? Someone make it make sense …
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Maybe they want to use the submarines as a bargaining tool to get Australia to increase its overall arms spend? With Trump's regime, don't expect deals to be honoured especially if he didn't sign them.