nekandro@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.ml · 8 months agoAustralia chose AUKUS and now it faces the prospect of having no submarine capability for at least a decadewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up190arrow-down11
arrow-up189arrow-down1external-linkAustralia chose AUKUS and now it faces the prospect of having no submarine capability for at least a decadewww.theguardian.comnekandro@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.ml · 8 months agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squaremetaStatic@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up24·8 months agoThat was known on day 1 Whatever made us throw France under the bus must have been pretty fucking good and also had nothing to do with Subs.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·8 months ago Whatever made us throw France under the bus US interference in the form of diplomatic extortion is my bet.
minus-squareMaeve@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 months agoAs soon as I read “diesel,” I guessed that.
minus-squareYungOnions@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 months agoA variety of reasons including, rather ironically, concerns about delays: https://www.politico.eu/article/why-australia-wanted-out-of-its-french-sub-deal/
minus-squaretristan@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up19·8 months agoEven more ironic is a bunch of the delays were caused by Australia demanding the French change the designs from nuclear to diesel
minus-squareAllNewTypeFace@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·8 months agoMostly the conservatives being unable to think beyond Bush-era “cheese-eating surrender monkeys” stereotypes, I’d bet
minus-squareassassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoIt was scomo he’s a dumb cunt
minus-squareSchlemmy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·8 months agoOn an unrelated matter. France needs to be thrown under the bus from time to time. They need the constant pressure of revolution to function properly.
minus-squarePolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·8 months ago They need the constant pressure of revolution to function properly. Looking at the last 250 years of history, FTFY
That was known on day 1
Whatever made us throw France under the bus must have been pretty fucking good and also had nothing to do with Subs.
US interference in the form of diplomatic extortion is my bet.
As soon as I read “diesel,” I guessed that.
A variety of reasons including, rather ironically, concerns about delays: https://www.politico.eu/article/why-australia-wanted-out-of-its-french-sub-deal/
Even more ironic is a bunch of the delays were caused by Australia demanding the French change the designs from nuclear to diesel
Mostly the conservatives being unable to think beyond Bush-era “cheese-eating surrender monkeys” stereotypes, I’d bet
It was scomo he’s a dumb cunt
On an unrelated matter. France needs to be thrown under the bus from time to time. They need the constant pressure of revolution to function properly.
Looking at the last 250 years of history, FTFY