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. But again, that's all happening at the same time that we're really focused in terms of trying to hit the timeline for sale to Australia in the early 2000s. (12:36–12:52)
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Asserts that the US is investing in its submarine industrial base and the Columbia class program.
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