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Monday, February 21, 2011

Australian navy falling short on submarine workforce target

Collins class submarineThe navy is still one submarine crew short of the Australian Defence Force's manpower target for the submersible fleet, a Defence spokesman says.

While the situation has improved markedly since the period from June to October 2009, when only one submarine could put to sea, the navy currently only has crews for three of the six Collins Class boats.

''Navy's submarine target is four submarines crewed and in various stages of their routine operating, maintenance and training cycles,'' a Defence spokesman said.

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