We were then going to buy a retrograde diesel submarine from the French that would have had the same issues and problems of the Collins class at a cost per unit of around $3 billion, which is roughly the same cost as the current VA class in the USN.
Noted. Except that $90B divided by 12 is $7.5B each.
What an awesome deal.
Signed by the same Prime Minister who said that running optic fibre to Australians was too expensive… copper was the way to go.