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Jan van der Made

Former admiral urges Australia to renege on Aukus deal and buy French subs

Naval Group CEO Herve Guillou at the official launch of the French nuclear submarine Suffren at the naval base in Cherbourg, in July 2019. AFP - LUDOVIC MARIN

An article published by an Australian think tank is calling on Canberra to back out of the controversial Aukus submarine deal – which annulled a contract to buy French nuclear submarines in favour of UK-manufactured ones.

According retired Australian navy admiral Peter Briggs, the Aukus submarine plan is flawed, and the only chance Australia has to sustain its submarine fleet is to buy French vessels after all.

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