According to a long-submerged report by the Defence Materiel Organisation, the navy's Collins-class submarines are so riddled with faults there is a high to extreme risk they will be retired before replacements can be built; the Royal Australian Navy's six submarines are becoming heavier, noisier and hotter. Reports by The Australian's Cameron Stewart suggest the nation could be undefended by submarines for a long period during the next decade.
It does the previous Labor government no credit that last year's DMO report was never released. Former defence minister Stephen Smith cherry-picked its contents, announcing last December the DMO found "no single technical issue would fundamentally prevent" the vessels achieving their indicative service life - neglecting to say the DMO identified 68 major systems that posed risks to the submarines ever achieving their life expectancy (from 2024 to 2031) or an extension of seven years.
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