Joe Courtney: “An Australian naval officer was given dolphins, which again…”

“An Australian naval officer guided the USS Hawaii into Perth a number of months ago. Again, a real first in terms of having someone at the helm of a nuclear powered submarine from Australia. And also An Australian naval officer was given dolphins, which again is a medal and an award for someone who again has achieved the highest level of proficiency in that sort of area. There's also, I think, another question which again gets a lot of, gets asked frequently, which is, well, how is the US going to produce enough submarines to satisfy that first provision in terms of selling Virginia class submarines to Australia?” (11:44–12:00)

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