Thu Sep 16, 2021 12:28 pm
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Reading about the newly announced AUKUS military arrangements, one of the key factors appears to be the decision by Australia to abandon its ageing fleet of diesel Collins Class subs and replace them with nuclear powered ones, aided by the US and the UK.
Clearly that will involve training specialist Australian Navy personnel to operate the power plant, but how different in other ways is crewing a nuclear boat from a diesel one? And will the changeover require larger crews and therefore a recruiting challenge for Oz? From what I have seen the nuclear boats are all considerably larger than the old Collins Class.
Your insight would be helpful, Bill.
PW
Clearly that will involve training specialist Australian Navy personnel to operate the power plant, but how different in other ways is crewing a nuclear boat from a diesel one? And will the changeover require larger crews and therefore a recruiting challenge for Oz? From what I have seen the nuclear boats are all considerably larger than the old Collins Class.
Your insight would be helpful, Bill.
PW