The AUKUS deal was signed in 2021 with the US pushing out France, which was in talks with Australia to sell 12 conventional diesel-electric submarines.
Why should the US care? Because in the end, as its wrangle with Britain this week should have reminded them, America still needs bases, friendly ports, & overfly rights.
Multiple companies have invoked the principle of ‘force majeure’, which lets a party off the hook in case of unforeseen ‘acts of God’, to avoid penalties.
IRIS Lavan was in the region for the International Fleet Review held last month and ‘sought urgent docking in Kochi citing technical issues,’ it is learnt.
Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.
The Anglosphere countries are nobody’s allies nor friends. They had no compunctions in backstabbing France for this deal.
Good that the deal has been “tweaked”. Wish it falls apart and comes to nought.
Would be a real lesson for Australia.
The Anglosphere countries are nobody’s allies nor friends. They had no compunctions in backstabbing France for this deal.
Good that the deal has been “tweaked”. Wish it falls apart and comes to nought.
Would be a real lesson for Australia.