Think of it as the Peugeot dealer complaining that his would-be customer decided to buy a Ford instead. barfo
Where did you hear they were a problem? It's the contract cancellation and the method it was handled that's the problem as I know it.
Remember when we took out the French embassy in Libya because they wouldnt allow us to fly over their air space?
There have been many problems with this contract. The French company initially said they could do it for $50 billion, but it blew out to $90 billion. They were supposed to hire a 90% Australian workforce, but then reduced it to 60%. The French, and Australian staff had very different work ethics. The French were well aware of all of these issues, yet they remained unresolved. If the French want to be angry at someone, they should look in the mirror. Budget overruns and culture clashes over long vacations plagued the $50 billion submarine deal France got booted from in favor of the US and UK
This seems like a big deal, until you realise that withdrawing it's ambassadors is France's go to move. France withdraws ambassadors to Australia and US over submarines deal
They're the French, everything they do is obnoxious. Take your diesel subs and go eat a croissant or something.
Worst international security failure by a US President in decades. This starts a domino effect that results in China obtaining Western nuclear technology, and the further collapse of NATO which has already stopped including the US in their meetings due to Biden's obvious Alzheimer's.
You... realize China already has nuclear technology, right? Enough to destroy the US multiple times... They don't need ours.
Kind of long, but this is a pretty interesting look into the future of the region. Or at least an idea on what may happen. https://www.cnbc.com/quad-summit-and-china-game-theory-predictions-for-the-future-of-the-quad/
It's 368b AUD, so maybe not as much as you're picturing, but yes it's a very substantial amount. Australia's current defence spending is 2.11% of our GDP, the AUKUS subs spending (spread over the 40 or so years it will take to implement the project) represents 0.15% of our GDP.
