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Thursday, April 19, 2012

Long wait for new submarines

[Collins class submarine]Australia could be left without a single submarine for crucial years of the Asia-Pacific century - an era of naval tensions between global powers to be played out in Australia's backyard - according to a new study.

The paper, by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, examines the future of Australia's six Collins-class submarines, and the plan to replace them by 2030 with a dozen advanced vessels.

But three years after the plan was announced, the paper's authors state the government has delayed the decision about the new submarines for so long that the entire timeline is now looking shaky.

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