Richard Marles on why Australia’s Aukus submarine deal will be ‘too big to fail’
Australian Politics
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Australian Submarines - Souveraine Capacity
Sovereignity of the submarine will be a separate issue from how we put it to work, he says. As soon as there is an Australian flag on the 1st of Virginia, that's an Australian submarine commanded by Australians and the decisions about what it does or what it doesn't do will be made by Australia. He adds: "This will be as much a sovereign asset as any asset that we currently operate"
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