Australia ‘needs to switch to a plan B’ on submarines: Rex Patrick
Independent Senator Rex Patrick says Australia needs to “switch to a plan B” when it comes to submarines.
His comments come amid calls to junk the $90 billion order for 12 submarines from French shipbuilder, Naval Group.
“The current program we’ve got … is a mess,” Mr Patrick told Sky News host Peta Credlin.
“We’ve got a disagreement between the Department of Defence and the French company Naval Group, and that has actually been long running now.”
He said the program is “running late” and will actually end up being a “$100 billion program”.
“It’s unlikely to deliver a regionally superior submarine … and we’ve also got a program that hasn’t met expectations in respective building or sovereign industry capability, much of the work has gone back to France, it’s been slim pickings for Australian industry,” Mr Patrick said.
“It’s not worked out, we need to switch to a plan B.”
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His comments come amid calls to junk the $90 billion order for 12 submarines from French shipbuilder, Naval Group.
“The current program we’ve got … is a mess,” Mr Patrick told Sky News host Peta Credlin.
“We’ve got a disagreement between the Department of Defence and the French company Naval Group, and that has actually been long running now.”
He said the program is “running late” and will actually end up being a “$100 billion program”.
“It’s unlikely to deliver a regionally superior submarine … and we’ve also got a program that hasn’t met expectations in respective building or sovereign industry capability, much of the work has gone back to France, it’s been slim pickings for Australian industry,” Mr Patrick said.
“It’s not worked out, we need to switch to a plan B.”
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