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![The Politics Behind Australia’s Submarine Maintenance Decision The Politics Behind Australia’s Submarine Maintenance Decision](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2019-12-13-2.jpg)
The Politics Behind Australia’s Submarine Maintenance Decision
By Adil Cader
National defense becomes a domestic political issue in Australia.
![Are Australia’s New Subs Already Obsolete? Are Australia’s New Subs Already Obsolete?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-04-26_17-38-46.jpg)
Are Australia’s New Subs Already Obsolete?
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Rapid technological changes in underwater warfare may make the submarine as we know it obsolete by the 2040s.
![Australia’s Submarine Superiority: Strange Strategies and Overspending Australia’s Submarine Superiority: Strange Strategies and Overspending](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-04-26_17-38-46.jpg)
Australia’s Submarine Superiority: Strange Strategies and Overspending
By Greg Austin
How grounded in strategic reality is the Australian government's decision to purchase 12 new submarines?
![Why Japan Lost the Bid to Build Australia’s New Subs Why Japan Lost the Bid to Build Australia’s New Subs](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-04-26_17-38-46.jpg)
Why Japan Lost the Bid to Build Australia’s New Subs
By Franz-Stefan Gady
How did the onetime frontrunner fail in its bid to build Australia’s next-generation submarine?
![It's Official: France's DCNS Wins Australia's $50 Billion Future Submarine Contract It's Official: France's DCNS Wins Australia's $50 Billion Future Submarine Contract](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-04-25_23-16-44.jpg)
It's Official: France's DCNS Wins Australia's $50 Billion Future Submarine Contract
By Ankit Panda
DCNS' conventional Barracuda-class variant beat out Japan's Soryu-class and Germany's Type 216.
![Australia's Botched Sub Bidding Process Upsets Sweden Australia's Botched Sub Bidding Process Upsets Sweden](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-03-16_09-49-38.jpg)
Australia's Botched Sub Bidding Process Upsets Sweden
By Franz-Stefan Gady
A letter outlines why Sweden feels snubbed for not having been invited to bid for Canberra's new submarine fleet.
![Australia Needs Strategic Rethink on Submarines Australia Needs Strategic Rethink on Submarines](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sizes/thumbnail/2835_5243850fc0078.jpg)
Australia Needs Strategic Rethink on Submarines
The new White Paper got it wrong. Australia’s best undersea option remains the U.S. Virginia Class nuclear submarine.
![The German U-Boat Reborn The German U-Boat Reborn](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/sizes/thumbnail/4179_5243966225ea0.jpg)
The German U-Boat Reborn
How Tel Aviv and Canberra are looking to Berlin for their needs undersea.
![Why Australia Needs Nuclear Subs Why Australia Needs Nuclear Subs](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/sizes/thumbnail/10081_524a2e2f26958.jpg)
Why Australia Needs Nuclear Subs
Australia’s government is considering developing the country’s own submarine fleet. It would be better off buying American.
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