Originally Posted by
West Coast
Upon the subs arrival, what is its mission? Training the locals or augmenting the RAN in the region? If the later, be curious where the tasking comes from.
Bit of both I suspect - tasking will probably be Australian with overall RN approval - after all the UK is dependent on the OZ/NZ part of 5 eyes for information in that neck of the woods anyway. I doubt there's much specificaly of UK-only interest east of India