advantage for Japan, which is one of the three contenders in a program that the final outcome will have important consequences for the small club of shipyards that design and build conventionally powered submarines.
According to australian media (The Australian), high-ranking government officials, believe that Australia will face significant problems in the release of american technologies in the event that I selected the japanese candidacy for the budgeted cost of 46 billion euro programme for the supply of eight to 12 new submarines for the Royal Navy of Australia (RAN: Royal Australian Navy). It is recalled, that the new submarines will replace six press Collins which are currently in service.
In the pre-weather report stated that this assessment attempts to cancel the German side which points out that Germany is a country – member of NATO and, indeed, in a dominant position and that in German-made submarines have been installed american origin combat systems. In the same publication, the Americans have serious doubts about the ability of the Germans to protect critical technologies from the industrial espionage of China!
Also, in the publication of “the Australian” reported that the schedule of the new submarines was the subject of the agenda of the recent visit of Malcolm Turnbull, the prime minister of Australia, in the united states. Yes, it should be noted that it was the subject of discussions at the Turnbull with admiral Harry Harris, commander of the Command, Pacific (Pacific Command) and high-ranking officers of the armed forces of the USA in Hawaii.
Despite the fact that the official position of Washington in the program of the new submarines, Australia’s neutrality, in “The Australian” many high-ranking military and political officials of the united states reflect the overwhelming preference in the japanese nomination and commit to the release of the most advanced systems of combat in this case.
It is easy to understand, that due to the economic size of the program of the new submarines for the Australian and new balances formed in the Pacific, the intrusion of the geopolitical parameters in the evaluation and selection process is anything but a surprise it creates.
Japan and Australia are main strategic partners of the united states in the Pacific and thus the coupling serves american interests in the region, where are located some of the most dynamic economies in the world. What remains to be seen is how successful Australia will balance the operational, economic, technological and geopolitical parameters of the program.
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The US prefer the japanese subs for Australia…
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