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According to a government source, the submarine deal between Australia, the US and the UK is expected to cost between $268 billion and $368 billion.
Note: Australia is not paid $368 billion, it costs us. This is beneficial to US and UK.
The program is expected to cost Australian taxpayers between $268 billion and $368 billion by the mid-2050s. That figure includes an estimate of the construction and sustainment of the boats and all associated costs, including investing in capability in the US and UK.
Up to eight new Australian-made AUKUS class conventionally armed but nuclear-powered submarines will roll off the production line from the early 2040s.
They will be equipped with the US vertical launch system. It’s envisaged one would be produced every three years.
Another amazing fact here is the US Review of Australia building subs and their ‘US First’ strategy, translates into a deal favouring them not Australia. The concern is they don’t think Australia is capable of manufacturing the subs. 7.30 Report tonight are saying Australian workers are at Pearl Harbour skilling them in building subs. The deal is to increasing defence spending up to $10’s billions per year. Malcolm Turnbull supports submarines as security and no submarines is a bad deal he says. In reality we are not going to be saved by the US, although they will protect their assets in Australia. Why would Australia want to service US nuclear subs in Perth? That reminds me of the nuclear ships argument that NZ’s Prime Minister David Lange years ago created a nuclear free NZ banning a nuclear armed warships. Refer: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/the-real-story-of-accidental-hero-david-lange-and-how-new-zealand-became-nuclear-free/DJV4RDZSNCKSWQWJOQ5XUINIRY/
So more of our taxes are expected to be directed to Defence, it is not about threats to Australia, it is about using Australia and it appears the AUKUS alliance is drawing funds from the Australian military to pay for US subs. That would be in reality a draining of our defence spending, weakening the country. It is the biggest defence spending in peace time for Australia according to Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles. So it raises questions do we want them in an alliance, particularly given the corruption, funding of terrorism, 911 as an inside job, and the profiteering from war which has been privatised. No longer is war defence but has become about business interests called economic interests. We saw this in Iraq with Halliburton and other defence contractors operating as militia. Australia even has a Defence Industries Minister, Pat Conroy, where the industries are predominantly US and British, for example Lockheed Martin, Northrup Grumman, Leidos, GS4, Aegis Defence Systems, BAE systems. I recall shaking my head that foreigners had their own Australian minister. To justify defence spending there must be a threat. China is used as a ‘threat’ when in reality China was invited into the World Trade Organisation by Clinton and technology transfer occurred as their industrial base deindustrialised western countries. China are active partners in Covid-19 locking down their cities, QR codes and social credit systems – all part of totalitarian infrastructure. So who is who in zoo? Are they all in it together?
The irony is we Australians are poorer (not unlike homeless) and a much smaller population and the US are richer, yet the expectation is we build USA economic growth and power, at the expense of our Australian. Sound like a good deal? Another pink elephant no-one will talk about is reparations for the Covid-19 bioweapon largely produced by US Defence (DARPA), where Australians have become sick and died and our taxes (up to $1 billion) spent on infrastructure and edicts that were planned by foreign countries, including the US, impacting the health and safety of Australians. Their corporations have not acted like friends but some of the multinationals enemies of the people. This is due to issues of trace metals in foods, slow poisoning, migrant labour, market concentration ensuring costs are lower than medium sized Australian businesses who end up going out of business.
The media silo’s the big picture, not connecting the dots, yet the reality of those driving all these deals care nothing for the people. This is born out by the recent US raids by military and police on undocumented migrants living in the US, to be treated as enemies of the state. We the people are witnessing our governments attacking us and making visible that they are attacking us – police brutality, Covid lockdowns and weather weapons. So how does security increase through deals when human life is clearly devalued and treated as expendable for an unaccountable foreign elite. So whose security is being protected in the name of taxpayer funding?
This link overviews the America First priorities which holds the world to ransom as we saw with US tariffs impacting stock markets. Trump is behaving as a dictator, business man getting better yields for the chosen few, and no friend to anyone as he seeks to extend his power as US power. Readers may recall he was the one who signed off on Operation Warp Speed with Glaxosmithkline (formerly Wellcome) whilst at the same time singing the praises of Hydroxychloroquine. He played both sides. He is sinking the US as a global power to enable a transfer of global power to China. That is why China was able to circumvent Australia, enter Sydney Harbour without notice and with no repercussions. US approved.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellcome_Trust
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Warp_Speed
The United States has launched a formal review of the AUKUS submarine pact with Australia and the United Kingdom, to determine whether it aligns with the Trump administration’s “America First” priorities, according to a US defence official cited by the BBC.
A senior Pentagon official said the review is being undertaken “as part of ensuring that this initiative of the previous administration is aligned with the President’s America First agenda,” reported Indian Express.
The review is being led by Elbridge Colby, a senior official at the Department of Defence and a noted critic of the agreement, who has previously questioned the logic of sharing what he called the “crown jewel” of US military technology amid rising global tensions.
Australia has responded to the review with confidence.
Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles told ABC Radio Melbourne that the AUKUS pact is vital to Australia’s long-term security.
“I’m very confident this is going to happen,” he said.
As an homeless person for 8 years now I see no value in building submarines. I see it as further indebting this country to foreign powers. Taxes should be spent at home on services that needed. If you want to ensure security train children in conflict resolution, stop selling violent video games, and teach men that real security is to ‘know thyself’, to not use violence but to build a real national culture that extends friendship. That is the strength of this nation, we are friendly and would be very unwise to join the nuclear arms race (nuclear subs) which ultimately harms other humans. This doesn’t create world peace but more insecurity as they rob the poor to pay the rich.
That is my take on this.