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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
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When $5.5 billion nuclear-powered US aircraft carrier was ‘sunk’ by $850 million Australian diesel submarine after it slipped past its defenses

The Royal Australian Navy’s Collins-class submarines had a troubled start, but one of them eventually achieved a remarkable simulated victory against a US Navy carrier group in 2000s

HMAS Waller, an Australian diesel-electric submarine, reportedly penetrated the defenses surrounding the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) during multinational war games and reached a position considered close enough for a simulated torpedo attack.

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