DefenceTalkA top Australian defence official said Wednesday the country was actively considering alternatives should a troubled multibillion-dollar French submarine deal fall through. The US$68 billion agreement with Naval Group to build 12 state-of-the-art Attack Class subs is years behind schedule, well over budget and tangled up in Australian domestic politics. The question of whether the […]

DefenceTalkThe leak of secret technical data on French submarines designed for the Indian navy was a “malicious act”, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Thursday. “We will use every means at our disposal to learn the truth” in the affair, which came to light last week, Le Drian told reporters. “Obviously, it was a malicious […]https://www.defencetalk.com/france-condemns-submarine-secrets-leak-68093/