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AUKUS critics fail to match their speculation with substance
There is a long list of loud objections to the project. But how many of them really stand up to scrutiny?
Ross BabbageDefence strategistIn recent months the AUKUS program to deliver eight nuclear-powered submarines to the Royal Australian Navy has been attacked by many people. There have been frequent assertions, many suggestions of things that might go wrong and some declarations that the plan has been flawed from the outset.
American shipyards will be able to deliver the first Virginia class submarines for Australia in 2032. General Dynamics
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