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Sea State
Posted By Harry White and Amelia Long on February 23, 2015 @ 12:36
‘two meetings earlier in the week of the National Security Committee of the cabinet. There had been sharp divisions within cabinet. Tony Abbott has long had a partiality to Australia acquiring Japanese Soryu submarines and adapting them for Australian conditions.
This is no longer exactly the government’s position. Now there will be a formal, relatively transparent process with Germany, France and Japan invited to participate in the competitive evaluation process.’
‘The Government expects that significant work will be undertaken in Australia as part of the build phase of the future submarine including, but not necessarily limited to, combat-system integration, design assurance and land-based testing.’
‘China appears to be building a network of island fortresses to help enforce control of most of the South China Sea—one of the world’s busiest shipping routes—and potentially of the airspace above, according to experts who have studied the images.’
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[1] Image: http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/9210543542_f03c9d3388_z.jpg
[2] said: http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/feb/17/staged-tender-will-take-place-for-20bn-collins-class-submarine-replacement
[3] wrote: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/submarine-decision-a-giant-first-step-towards-a-new-fleet/story-e6frg76f-1227233022351
[4] ruled out: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-20/japan-france-germany-to-compete-for-submarine-build/6159834
[5] displeasure: http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/sa-government-and-defence-industry-call-for-saab-to-be-included-in-competitive-evaluation-process-to-build-future-subs/story-fni6uo1m-1227234623024
[6] said: http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/swedens-saab-will-build-australian-submarines-in-adelaide-if-it-wins-the-20bn-contract/story-fni6uo1m-1227226128222
[7] has promised: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/at-least-500-jobs-to-come-from-submarine-project-but-no-guarantee-of-local-construction-20150220-13k5c0.html
[8] According: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-20/new-submarines-will-not-be-built-by-australia-company/6159834
[9] Here: http://www.skynews.com.au/video/program_richo/2015/02/18/andrew-davies.html
[10] Here: http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/02/19/comment-australian-submarine-corporations-hands-are-tied
[11] full transcript: http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;orderBy=date-eFirst;page=0;query=ASC%20estimates;rec=2;resCount=Default
[12] are a thing of the future: http://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/u-s-navy-tries-to-figure-out-how-to-fit-an-electromagnetic-rail-gun-on-a-warship
[13] announced: http://www.janes.com/article/49021/kazakhstan-to-work-with-france-on-uuvs
[14] the future of UUV’s in Australia: http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-unmanned-underwater-future/
[15] agreed: http://www.janes.com/article/48913/indonesian-government-approves-funding-boost-for-maritime-security-agency
[16] new pictures: http://www.wsj.com/articles/china-expands-island-construction-in-disputed-south-china-sea-1424290852
[17] here: http://www.ibtimes.com/south-china-sea-land-reclamation-satellite-images-show-chinese-progress-man-made-1818986
[18] before/after series: http://amti.csis.org/before-and-after-the-south-china-sea-transformed/
[19] said last week: http://news.yahoo.com/four-us-littoral-combat-ships-operate-singapore-2018-001809687.html?soc_src=mediacontentsharebuttons&soc_trk=ma
[20] piece: http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/143031/andrew-f-krepinevich-jr/how-to-deter-china
[21] Seong-Woo Seo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/98415324@N07/9210543542