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S/V Loner

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4. To answer the first part...

Reply to DetroitLegalBeagle (Reply #3)

Fri Mar 7, 2025, 01:58 PM

Mar 7

it’s like anything else. So much is based on trust between partners. If there is an advantage to both parties in such an arrangement then it is worth the risk. This deal offers advantages to both parties. The reality is this was all done before trump and as the saying goes…"Trust is lost in buckets, and comes back in drops.”
As far as the second part is concerned a new partnership is being put together between the Navy and private shipyards. The following article will provide info on that.
https://www.navsea.navy.mil/Media/News/Article-View/Article/3913023/navy-partners-with-private-industry-to-grow-submarine-industrial-base-capacity/

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Surface tension: could the promised Aukus nuclear submarines simply never be handed over to Australia? [View all] Eugene Mar 7 OP

And who will control those US subs? China, Russia? Irish_Dem Mar 7 #1

I'm not surprised this is happening... S/V Loner Mar 7 #2

You'll probably know better then me, but I was always under the impression that this was a risk from the beginning DetroitLegalBeagle Mar 7 #3

To answer the first part... S/V Loner Mar 7 #4

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