Originally Posted by
Going Boeing
It appears that the $Billions that Australia has given the US is not enough to lift US submarine construction out of the doldrums and they need another injection from Congress. I believe that the shipbuilders are having to offer significantly higher wages to attract workers and this is blowing out the budgets.
They have a lot of work to do to free up 3 Virginia’s for the RAN to acquire.
https://breakingdefense.com/2024/11/...arine-funding/
Originally Posted by
tartare
The amount of scaremongering and hand wringing around waste disposal just beggars belief...
Well, we live in a democracy (for the moment). The council is well entitled to take that stance, especially given the lack of open disclosure:
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Plans to dispose of low-level nuclear waste from Aukus submarines at an Adelaide naval facility have been unanimously opposed by the local council for the area, who say they weren’t consulted."
tartare: do you have a large property? Stable geology there? Is it isolated from other habitation? I am sure both parties are looking for a receptive recipient for the eventual storage of high level waste as well.