{"id":1707392,"date":"2022-10-23T06:30:12","date_gmt":"2022-10-23T10:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1707392"},"modified":"2022-10-23T06:49:43","modified_gmt":"2022-10-23T10:49:43","slug":"bombers-could-aid-australia-in-transitioning-to-nuclear-powered-subs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bombers-could-aid-australia-in-transitioning-to-nuclear-powered-subs\/","title":{"rendered":"Bombers Could Aid Australia in Transitioning to Nuclear-Powered Subs"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbombers-could-aid-australia-in-transitioning-to-nuclear-powered-subs%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1707392&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><img data-attachment-id=\"88673\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/news.usni.org\/2021\/09\/23\/report-to-congress-on-air-force-b-21-raider-long-range-strike-bomber-2\/b-21_rendering_3\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/B-21_rendering_3.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,661\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{\" aperture \/><\/p>\n<p>Bombers, long-range strike missiles and large undersea unmanned systems could help Canberra\u00a0until it has nuclear-powered attack submarines, an Australian and American security expert agreed Wednesday. <span id=\"more-98332\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBombers are a possibility,\u201d said Marcus Hellyer of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, speaking at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hudson.org\/events\/making-aukus-work-bolstering-australias-security-building-alliances-over-next-decade\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">Hudson Institute event.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mark Gunzinger, of the Mitchell Institute of Aerospace Studies at the Air and Space Force Association, said \u201cthe B-21 is part of a family of systems for long-range strike\u201d that includes missiles and unmanned systems. The Air Force has taken delivery of six of these bombers and some can be operational soon.<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cyou really don\u2019t want to put all your eggs in one basket\u201d when it comes to deterring a competitor like China. The goal should be \u201cto build a much more resilient capability.\u201d Bombers, in addition to having the ability to fly multiple long-range strike sorties, can also keep sea lanes of communication open and perform sea-mining.<\/p>\n<p>Building a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines is the centerpiece of the technology agreement \u2013 known as AUKUS \u2013 that Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States reached a little more than a year ago. Canberra is expected to make a decision early next year on whether to use an American or U.K. design for the submarine. But that is only the first step in the submarine program, which also must train Australian crews in nuclear operations and create a skilled shipyard workforce in South Australia to build, repair and maintain the nuclear attack boats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no use getting SSNs unless you can maintain them,\u201d said Hellyer, adding that the nuclear-powered submarines require about three times as much maintenance time as conventional boats.<\/p>\n<p>It could be 2040 before Australia has the first submarine deliver, with the Royal Australian Navy projected to have four boats by 2050, Hellyer said.\u00a0<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While in the transition period, Canberra needs to determine what operations it wants its defense forces to be able to do, Hellyer said. It also needs to figure out what it can get from its allies and what it can provide for itself.<\/p>\n<p>Submarines are just one option to carry out a number of maritime missions, Gunzinger said.<\/p>\n<p>Australia is \u201calready embarked on two high-risk [naval] activities,\u201d\u00a0Hellyer said.<\/p>\n<p>He was referring to Canberra\u2019s plan to extend the service life of some of its six Collins-class conventional submarines to ease the transition, while also launching an ambitious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navalnews.com\/naval-news\/2022\/08\/bae-systems-australia-completes-the-1st-block-of-hunter-class-frigate\/\">modernization program for its surface fleet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Both programs are long-term and costly. They also will fill Australian shipyards to capacity at a time when American and U.K. yards also are stretched to the limit, Hellyer said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe the best interim capability we could have is the B-21 bomber,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Both agreed that using modified F-35A Lightning II Strike Fighters and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforce.gov.au\/aircraft\/18f-super-hornet\">F\/A-18F Super Hornets<\/a> armed with 1,000-kilometer range missiles would have limited reach in deterring China in the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait.<\/p>\n<p>New systems like hypersonics are extremely costly and usable only once, Hellyer and Gunzinger said.<\/p>\n<p>Unmanned systems, however, can play an increasingly important role in the transition. Hellyer noted that the Royal Australian Navy is also now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anduril.com\/article\/anduril-and-the-royal-australian-navy-to-partner-on-extra-large-autonomous-undersea-vehicles\/\">partnering with Anduril<\/a> to build and use extra large autonomous undersea unmanned vessels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s all about China,\u201d Hellyer said in explaining <a href=\"https:\/\/news.usni.org\/2021\/11\/09\/australia-ambassador-to-u-s-says-aukus-deal-will-project-power-further-up-through-indo-pacific\">Australia\u2019s decision last year<\/a> to break its contract with France to build extended range conventional submarines.<\/p>\n<p>Australia\u2019s relations with China \u201cchanged significantly\u201d within a year, said Hellyer.<\/p>\n<p>Factors included Beijing\u2019s crackdown on democratic dissent in Hong Kong, its increasingly belligerent stance toward Taiwan and stiff tariffs and embargoes placed on Australian products after Canberra demanded an investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>When it broke the contract last year and decided to pursue building a nuclear-powered submarine, Australia was looking for \u201ca high-end conventional deterrent,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Hellyer added that AUKUS for Canberra also \u201cis about keeping the U.S. engaged in the Western Pacific.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bombers, long-range strike missiles and large undersea unmanned systems could help Canberra\u00a0until it has nuclear-powered attack submarines, an Australian and American<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1707395,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1707392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1707392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1707392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1707392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1707395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1707392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1707392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1707392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}