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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Foo Fighter" data-source="post: 539211" data-attributes="member: 11864">IMHO, basing US/UK subs in Oz while training and placing crew members from the RAN would enable training and facilities to come on stream in a controlled manner rather than everything being done flat out and making mistakes.  It will take quite some time to bring crews up to standard. if rushed, where would crews come from?  Stripped from the surface fleet?Buying current designs will reduce the relevance of what is supposed to be a fleet with long term relevance, wasted money in other words.</blockquote>