Timeline for Why was Australia willing to pay $3.0 B/unit for the French diesel-electric submarines?
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| Sep 23, 2021 at 14:10 | comment | added | 264 champagne bottles on ice | @Maeln: good point mentioning Brazil. DCNS is building 5 subs for them, but in Brazil. 4 are Scorpene-class, but the Álvaro Alberto is nuclear-powered using Brazil's own reactor (and own enriched uranium, apparently--they have a centrifuge program). Alas I don't know how much each sub would cost. I've seen a 8.9 bn USD figure for the whole shebang quoted, but that probably doesn't include the reactor. reuters.com/article/us-brazil-submarine-idUSKBN1OD2CV | |
| Sep 23, 2021 at 13:15 | comment | added | Relaxed | @Maeln Yes, that's definitely part of it, I mentioned that in my answer too. | |
| Sep 23, 2021 at 13:06 | comment | added | Maeln | @Relaxed DCNS was renamed to Naval Group a few years ago now ;) . I think an important part is that Naval Group has been one of the few manufacturer willing to do "technology exchange" (see with brazil for exemple). Australia was not just buying the sub, they were buying the knowledge to make and operate the subs too. | |
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| Sep 21, 2021 at 11:08 | comment | added | 264 champagne bottles on ice | FWTW, for the new Aukus subs the Australian gov't is seemingly setting a 40% local inputs target crikey.com.au/2021/09/16/ausuk-nuclear-submarine-alliance | |
| Sep 21, 2021 at 9:50 | comment | added | theorist | That would certainly explain a good part of the increased expense. | |
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actually no, that's the one for the frigates
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| Sep 21, 2021 at 9:29 | comment | added | Relaxed | (+1) Incidentally, France is paying much less from DCNS for nuclear submarines. | |
| Sep 21, 2021 at 9:06 | history | answered | 264 champagne bottles on ice | CC BY-SA 4.0 |