By Clive Williams*
We have been assured by Congressman Joe Courtney, ranking member of the House Seapower Subcommittee and second-highest ranking Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, that the US will not be “foisting off clunkers” and that Australia will be buying “highest quality” secondhand submarines from the US.
However, before we buy American submarines, we should have them carefully checked to ensure we aren’t acquiring expensive problems – and we shouldn’t pay too much for them in our eagerness to embrace a nuclear-powered-submarine capability.
