Originally Posted by
artee
If the PWR3s are the bottleneck then Albo could always do a ScoMo and ask the Brits to downgrade the AUKUS subs to diesel...
Stop telling lies, we never asked the french for a nuclear submarine. We asked for a DE submarine, the french proposed a DE version of the a barracuda. It wasn't the first time, during the collins aquistion the french offered a DE version of Rubris SSN. But the SSN was such a dog it dismissed immediatly. We asked for a DE sub and french proposed the barracuda because it was the only design they had with the displacement required for all the BS requirements we wanted. The others proposals were half the displacement
**EDIT** It was malcolm turnballs govt that did the a selection of the a Barracuda. In his memoirs he denied ever talking to french about a nuclear submarine, He never asked and they never offered, he did hope that after a successful aquisition the door to a nuclear option would be opened, I also note he doesn't mention DCNS who have a few times mentioned nuclear subs but they are a corporation and would say what required to get business