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AUKUS is best known for promising Australia nuclear-powered submarines: rotating U.S. and UK boats, Virginia-class SSNs in the 2030s, then SSN-AUKUS. But U.S. yards...
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AUKUS is best known for promising Australia nuclear-powered submarines: rotating U.S. and UK boats, Virginia-class SSNs in the 2030s, then SSN-AUKUS. But U.S. yards...
On September 17, the State Department approved a possible foreign military sale of 48 F-35 Lightning II fighters to Saudi Arabia, a deal estimated...
Britain will cut steel on the first SSN-AUKUS in 2027 at BAE Systems Barrow-in-Furness, the Astute-class replacement built with the U.S. and Australia. Rolls-Royce...
The Oberon-Class of the Royal Navy: Not nuclear. Not fast. Twenty-seven boats, five navies, and a reputation for going almost silent once the batteries...
The Astute-class submarines have had a number of issues the Royal Navy has had to correct over the years. Now, the HMS Astute will...
Australia set four requirements in 1978: suited to Australasian waters, advanced combat systems, supported by Australian industry, usable in peace and war. It wanted...
A nuclear submarine cannot switch off its reactor, which means coolant pumps, a steam plant and reduction gears are always turning. A diesel-electric boat...
Australia's Collins-class submarines were noisy, unreliable and a national embarrassment for most of the 1990s. Then HMAS Waller went to US-led war games off...
Only the fuselages went into the pit — the asbestos was bonded into the panels themselves, and a country that had already paid the...
US Navy destroyer USS Frank E. Evans was ordered to move behind HMAS Melbourne during a SEATO exercise on June 3, 1969. A confused...