Defence procurement bungles and wins

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Thanks DJ. For context, from a weaponry point of view, how much does sub carry? I know nuclear subs can stay submerged for months at a time and can be virtually undetectable, but what sort of weapons payload can they carry compared to say a surface battleship?

The Subs we are proposing to build are massive, almost twice the size of Collins Class, the new boats are more like underwater destroyers. Collins Class is < 80m(<3000t), Astute or Virginia Class is > 100m(>7000t).

I read a barrage of anti-sub rhetoric in the papers and on the conversation over the last few days. They all bash away at the same line, claiming that they will be redundant long before they are delivered, but it's so far from the truth it's not funny. A Sub is a stealth platform, at depth exposing them is like finding an angry needle in a haystack, it's seen you long before you saw it and you have to take a risk to pick it up or get stung.

So Subs are most useful at creating clear defendable zones that your other surface vessels can safely transit, like having SOS, Southby, Doull, Weiters, McKay and Hickmott setup a D50 zone that sets English and Harmes free to sprint up field.

Once you have the reliable platform, you can set it up with whatever you want.

btw., By the time these Subs are ready for service, they'll be capable of deploying vertical launch hypersonic missiles, even as non-nuclear they are going to be superiority weapons.