Monday, September 12, 2011

Faulty Australian sub fleet costs $800M per year

The Australian is pressing forward with their version of events even after the Defence response.

"Australia's submarine fleet is the first line of defence in protecting our borders, however it is heading down the same path as our ridiculed amphibious force - missing in action when required," Senator Johnston said.

"We are spending close to $800 million a year on sustaining and operating our ailing submarine fleet with little to show but a succession of embarrassing breakdowns," he said.

Doubtful. Certainly this submarine fleet was never a credible "first line of defence".

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey we spent 16 billion on demountables for schools and 3 billion on pink bats. Peanuts

Anonymous said...

It is not the machine, it is DMO

Anonymous said...

Why do they not just build a new one every year, for less than that and dispose of the oldest. Continuous line with skills.