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![Australia, France Sign $35.5 Billion Submarine Contract Australia, France Sign $35.5 Billion Submarine Contract](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-get_img.jpg)
Australia, France Sign $35.5 Billion Submarine Contract
By Franz-Stefan Gady
After a two-year delay, Australia has signed a production contract with a French shipbuilder for 12 new submarines.
![Australia, France Close to Finalizing Agreement for $36 Billion Submarine Fleet Australia, France Close to Finalizing Agreement for $36 Billion Submarine Fleet](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-04-26_17-14-12.jpg)
Australia, France Close to Finalizing Agreement for $36 Billion Submarine Fleet
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Australia’s defense department and France’s Naval Group are expected to sign a strategic partnership agreement this month.
![South Korea's Navy Leans Toward France's Barracuda-class Nuclear Attack Submarine South Korea's Navy Leans Toward France's Barracuda-class Nuclear Attack Submarine](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-untitled-picture-2.jpg)
South Korea's Navy Leans Toward France's Barracuda-class Nuclear Attack Submarine
By Ankit Panda
A report commissioned by the South Korean Navy finds the French SSN attractive.
![France in the Pacific: Growing Strategic Ties With Australia France in the Pacific: Growing Strategic Ties With Australia](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-20140904adf8558864_055.jpg)
France in the Pacific: Growing Strategic Ties With Australia
By Grant Wyeth
Forging closer security ties with France seems to be Australia's best regional hedge against U.S. political instability.
![Australia’s Government Under Attack Over Submarine Deal Australia’s Government Under Attack Over Submarine Deal](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-04-26_17-38-46.jpg)
Australia’s Government Under Attack Over Submarine Deal
By Franz-Stefan Gady
In a new report, experts urge Australian government to drop plans to procure French-made nuclear attack submarines.
![Australia, France Sign Deal to Build 12 Submarines Australia, France Sign Deal to Build 12 Submarines](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-12-20_20-55-25.jpg)
Australia, France Sign Deal to Build 12 Submarines
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Australia and France have signed an intergovernmental agreement to build 12 submarines.
![Australia, France Sign Classified Information Sharing Pact Australia, France Sign Classified Information Sharing Pact](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-04-26_17-38-46.jpg)
Australia, France Sign Classified Information Sharing Pact
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The bilateral agreement aims to support bilateral work on Australia’s so-called SEA 1000 Future Submarine Program.
![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?
![What Japan Can Learn From Australia’s Submarine Decision What Japan Can Learn From Australia’s Submarine Decision](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-07-07_18-47-17.jpg)
What Japan Can Learn From Australia’s Submarine Decision
By Yuki Tatsumi
If Japan's next overseas defense bid is to succeed, Tokyo needs to make some changes.
![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?
![Vive La France: DCNS to Build Aussie Submarines Vive La France: DCNS to Build Aussie Submarines](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-04-26_13-34-17.jpg)
Vive La France: DCNS to Build Aussie Submarines
By Helen Clark
A long process finally comes to an end.
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