Ministers are said to be open “in principle” to the idea of building conventionally-armed #nuclearpowered #submarines like Britain’s #AstuteClass for them which cost nearly £2billion each. #Australia pulled out of a £65billion deal with #France in favour of building nuclear submarines through the #AUKUS pact — sparking a major diplomatic row in 2021. #Anglosphere #China
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/21356516/uk-billion-nuclear-sub-deal-australia/