The Royal Australian Navy's HMAS Waller (SSG 75), a Collins-class diesel-electric submarine, in Sydney Harbour on Nov. 2, 2016.
Australia, in April 2016, awarded French contractor DCNS the main contract to design and build its next generation of submarines to replace its current fleet of six Collins-class vessels. The new submarines will be a scaled-down, conventionally powered version of France's 4,700-tonne nuclear-fuelled Barracuda. Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images
Australia is responding to China’s increasing threat in the South Pacific Ocean by finalising a deal with European manufacturers to build 12 new submarines.
The deal, which is worth $50 billion (US$36 billion), was confirmed by Australian Defence Minister Christopher Pyne at an event held at the site of the Future Submarine Construction Yard at Osborne in South Australia.
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