Bureaucratus Rex was certainly barking up the Right tree in his sage sermon of October 26, 2021. The Australian government has lost no time in conjuring up sound bites and newspaper column inches lauding its submarine achievement that may actually occur in the 2040s or the 2050s.
Reported in the Canberra Times on October 29, 2021,
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7490616/dutton-confident-of-submarine-timeframe/?cs=14264
"Defence Minister Peter Dutton has flagged the arrival of Australia's first nuclear-powered submarines earlier than officials have said.
Mr Dutton said the new nuclear submarines Australia was looking to acquire would not be pushed out into the late 2040s.
"I know there has been speculation about dates out into late 2040s, but that is not going to be the case," he told reporters, standing in front of a UK nuclear-powered Astute class submarine [docked at Australia’s submarine base in Perth, Western Australia, on Friday, October 29, 2021]..."
SEE THE WHOLE CANBERRA TIMES ARTICLE HERE
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Pete Comment
Nothing like using a British submarine as a prop, yesterday, to laud an event that may occur in 20+ years!