The Australian Navy, which is struggling to keep its ageing submarine fleet in the water, had only one battle-ready sub at the start of this year, raising doubts about its ability to run a far more complex nuclear program
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Defence Minister Richard Marles concedes keeping the Collins going until the nuclear subs are operational is "not a great answer". "It's no secret there were some maintenance period overruns that are attributed to the pandemic and the supply chain issues, but I'm confident we're over that hump," he says.
This partially obscures our heavy reliance on foreign submarine captains. Over the past three years, four captains from foreign navies have been put in charge of Australia's subs. In 2017 it released a slick video to mark its flagship, HMAS Collins, going back into the water. What it didn't say was that the submarine had spent the previous five and a half years out of service being raided for parts.
"We've got to find a way to keep Collins going. Otherwise, we don't have a submarine force. You cannot bring a nuclear submarine fleet into service without a robust number of submariners."'High risk'
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