Originally Posted by
rattman
...They wanted COTS "regionally superior" submarine. Virtually impossible to define and if its COTS anyone else can buy it so its not regionally superior... The program was a massive cluster from the start
Ok, if that was a "requirement" as opposed to a desire, it would have been a poor requirement definition. But will either of our future AUKUS classes be "regionally superior" either? Or simply regionally the most expensive?
A large range at a moderate speed and an extended endurance alone don't equate to being regionally superior, regardless of whether conventional or nuclear powered. There has to be more to it than that (I hope).