Originally Posted by
whitey56
I asked my local federal member about these new subs, I asked “ seeing we usually have only 2 Collins class operational out of the 6 at any one time will the 12 new subs only have 4 operational with the rest in dry dock or hard stand” to which he had no reply.
If they are talking to 2080 life we probably won’t have 12 at once anyhow, I hope the new subs don’t require over 100 million each per year to maintain like the Collins, that will be a big slice of the defence budget .
I have read that the new subs had to be re-engineered from nuclear back to diesel electric for our contract , that’s good old Aussie logic for you consider the US nuclear subs only require 40 million each for maintenance.