… 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? Again, it's no secret. The US right now is going through its own recapitalization process. Their fleet of submarines that were built back in the 80s and 70s, 80s and early 90s, the Los Angeles class submarines are aging out. And as a result, there's a lot of effort that's being put into the submarine industrial base in the US to recapitalize our own fleet as well as a new program, the Columbia class submarines, which are ballistic submarines that are not part of Aukus. (12:19–12:34)
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Asserts that the US is recapitalizing its submarine fleet as Los Angeles class submarines age out.
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