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Thursday, September 11, 2014

Germany Joins The Race To Build Australia's New Submarine Fleet

Type 214 class SSKYesterday, the Opposition Leader Bill Shorten harked back to the days of World War II in decrying the possibility that Australia’s new fleet of submarines will be built in Japan and might have to go back there for a grease and oil change in times of conflict.

The AFR reports this morning that Defence sources “confirmed that German submarine builder ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) has submitted a bid for a joint venture with Adelaide-based ASC that comes in at under $20 billion”.

While a decision has yet to be announced by the Government, Prime Minister Abbott has certainly intimated that the Japanese are the front-runners

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