Yes, Australia is Getting New Submarines, But So is the United Kingdom

[vostok]

I do not want to spoil the party, but the era of hypersonic cruise missiles is already started. Ships without them against ships with them - it is like ancient galleys against 19 ct. battleships.

 

[aziqbal]

For people who think that UK is still a SUper POwer

Britain's nightmare economy of the 1970s may be making a comeback

Talk of stagflation has been brewing for months. Now that toxic combination of stagnant economic growth and high inflation appears to have arrived in the United Kingdom.
UK consumer price inflation surged to 5.1% in November, its highest level in more than a decade, according to the Office for National Statistics. Prices are outstripping wage hikes and presenting a dramatic challenge to the Bank of England as it grapples with a stalling economy and a new surge of coronavirus infections.
November's CPI reading was much stronger than the 4.7% economists had expected, and the highest since September 2011.


Record gasoline prices were a major contributor to the sharp rise in inflation. But retail prices of a broad range of goods also surged, including clothing, food, used cars, alcohol and tobacco, as well as books, games and toys.
Cost pressures show no sign of easing — prices of good leaving UK factories jumped 9.1% in November, the highest rate of producer inflation in more than 13 years. And the worker shortage got even worse last month with vacancies hitting a new all-time high of nearly 1.2 million.

Samuel Tombs, chief UK economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, said that inflation should remain near November's rate over the next four months, before soaring to 6% in April and then falling sharply.

off topic reported

 

[ARMalik]

Nuclear submarine fleet 'could slug Aussie taxpayers with $171b bill'

Australia's fleet of new nuclear-powered submarines are expected to cost up to $171 billion, a report says.

www.9news.com.au

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Nuclear submarine fleet could slug Aussie taxpayers with $171b bill, report says


Australia's fleet of new nuclear-powered submarines could cost up to $171 billion, a report by a prominent think tank says.

The Federal Government announced earlier this year it would acquire the technology to build eight nuclear submarines when Australia joined the AUKUS defence pact with the US and Britain.
The move involved Australia scrapping a $90 billion deal with a French company for diesel-electric submarines, leading to a diplomatic row between Canberra and Paris.

It is "probably the largest and most complex endeavour Australia has embarked upon. The challenges, costs and risks will be enormous," the think tank warned.

And the study's authors, comprising defence analysts, found it would be at least 20 years before a submarine would be seaworthy.

The Federal Government is set to weigh up its options over the next 18 months as officials choose either a US- or British-designed submarine.
The British submarine program would be likely to begin by the end of this decade based on the UK's current construction schedule. But any US vessels may not start to be built until after 2030.

 

[nahtanbob]

The main problem with UK is it's reducing its Army size to dangerously low numbers. Which would eventually hurt them really bad. Yes technology in Air Force and Navy has changed lot of things plus AI. But still not having an Army of even 120000 is dangerous and highly threatening for UK.

exactly how do you plan to land your army on british soil ?

 

[Ali_Baba]

Australia should ideally lease 2 new build Astutes to learn the ropes and then work with the UK to develop the replacement subs for the Astutes - and when they come online - return the Astututes to the RN..