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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees
Well a cynical mind might think they could try to retaliate against the U.K. by other methods. One possible method could be with the French governments interests in Renault which has a subsequent controlling interest in Nissan
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That’s fanciful. And despite what they’ve been saying to their own voters over the weekend, French politicians aren’t going to escalate a diplomatic war with us because we, unlike Australia and the US, are their next door neighbour and they can’t afford the outright havoc that would cause.
Meanwhile, HMG is suggesting that there could be work in it for British shipyards. No detail on what, but it sounds like they’ll be pushing the Australians to buy additional equipment and maybe support vessels from us.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58613195
Eventually I suspect specialists from our own RN will be involved in training the Aussies on the operation of long-duration sub missions.