EU Open to Helping Plug Australia Capability Gap

EU Open to Helping Plug Australia Capability Gap
A Royal Australian Navy diesel and electric-powered Collins Class submarine sits in Sydney Harbour on Oct. 12, 2016. Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images
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The European Union’s outgoing ambassador to Australia says the bloc remains ready and willing to sell Canberra military equipment to plug any capability gaps arising from the cancellation of a French submarine contract.

The first nuclear-propelled submarines to be delivered by the US or UK under the new AUKUS agreement will not be ready for more than a decade.

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