Originally Posted by
BBadanov
ADMR Chris Barrie was always a 'lefty'. You can ignore anything he says.
Ex-PM Trumbull was talking yesterday at the Press Club. Again, he was so hard done-by, shouldn't have AUKUS, should have gone with his French sub plan.
This involved taking a French nuke SSN, down-rating it to a unique orphan conventional SS, FFS. What could possibly go wrong!
First part is like saying if a 'right winger' says 1+1=2, we should just ignore them. What exactly is it about what ADMR Barrie has been quoted as saying that you feel is wrong?
One of the things he is quoted as saying is:
"Let’s define why we really need nuclear submarines in the first instance...".
I am entirely unconvinced this had originally been done from a military perspective. It comes across much more as a Dutton, Morrison and a few merry men decision.
If you were concerned by Attack class being an orphan, then you wouldn't believe in Collins class either. You should also start worrying about the future UK SSN.