It's the geography, stupid: Why Australia is building new submarines
The expensive purchase fits neatly into the Lucky Country's grand strategy.
France's state-owned DCNS group this week won a $A50 billion contract to build a fleet of 12 submarines for Australia.
DCNS beat out Japanese and German companies for the most expensive defence procurement project in Australian history, which Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says will involve
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Nathan Smith
Fri, 29 Apr 2016
Fri, 29 Apr 2016
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It's the geography, stupid: Why Australia is building new submarines
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