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Australia Committing To Collins-Class Sub Life Extension With Fewer Upgrades

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Australia Committing To Collins-Class Sub Life Extension With Fewer Upgrades
The Royal Australian Navy Collins-class submarine HMAS Farncomb (SSG 74) moors alongside the Emory S. Land-class submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) at HMAS Stirling naval base, April 19, 2022. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Chase Stephens/Released)

Australia on Wednesday announced the start of a life extension program for the Collins-class submarine that curtails previously planned upgrades while it awaits U.S. and domestically-made nuclear-powered attack submarines in the next decades. Australia aims to ultimately replace its six Collins-class submarines with nuclear-powered SSN-AUKUS design vessels as a result of the trilateral AUKUS agreement with the U.S. and U.K.  The first SSN-AUKUS, largely built domestically, is planned to be delivered in the early 2040s, but the U.S. will sell…

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