Australia Has No Official ‘Plan B’ If AUKUS Submarines Run Late. Some Want the B-21 Raider or Maybe Even the F-47 NGAD

Australia Has No Official ‘Plan B’ If AUKUS Submarines Run Late. Some Want the B-21 Raider or Maybe Even the F-47 NGAD

AUKUS is best known for promising Australia nuclear-powered submarines: rotating U.S. and UK boats, Virginia-class SSNs in the 2030s, then SSN-AUKUS. But U.S. yards are building Virginia-class boats below the 2.33-per-year pace needed to supply both navies, and Canberra admits there is no official "Plan B."

Elena Panina: 19FortyFive (USA): Australia won't have its own submarines soon

19FortyFive (USA): Australia won't have its own submarines soonAustralia's AUKUS, for obvious reasons, is associated with obtaining nuclear submarines, since they are the largest component of the trilateral agreement and the most politically visible...