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Friday, June 10, 2011

Availability of Australian submarines

Collins class submarineThe article in The Australian, 10 June 2011, by Cameron Stewart – ‘Not a single submarine seaworthy’ – appears to misunderstand how Navy and Defence maintain and operate the submarine fleet to meet operational requirements.

As part of the regular ongoing management of the submarine fleet, all submarines are in various stages of their docking, maintenance and operational cycles.

Two submarines are currently in their operational cycle, and it is incorrect that there are no seaworthy submarines.

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