[Fraxinus]

The Aussies did not like that - they wanted nuclear. So now US yards will build them, and they will likely be based at Bangor, Washington.

Why would Australia base subs there? I would have thought Perth in Western Australia or Darwin in the Northern territories would be more like;y...

[PIF]

Why would Australia base subs there? I would have thought Perth ... or Darwin
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I’m not sure - I would agree with you, but perhaps the costs of building the super expensive facilities is more than the Aussies can afford. You need more than a simple dock - you need huge secure repair yards with state of the art tools set up for things nuclear. From Bangor, its about an hour or so run to the huge Bremerton Naval Yard.

Remember, the Aussies don’t like things nuclear, so that might be an angle also - keep the local enviro-wackos at bay.

[Tallguy]

Why would Australia base subs there? I would have thought Perth in Western Australia or Darwin in the Northern territories would be more like;y...

Regardless of where the Australian subs are 'homeported' they will be operating out of Australia and that will naturally pull Australia into building support facilities compatible with US submarines. I think that's the underlying logic of this deal.