Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting

Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by jiggawatts on Saturday March 01, 2025 @08:16AM (#43218940)

That is probably 75% of the reason, but it does dovetail very nicely with the acquisition of nuclear submarines with nuclear weapons capabilities.

I thought I was just imagining things, but I looked it up and it turns out that the Liberal party has been flirting with arming Australia with nukes since the 1990s or maybe the late 80s.

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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by ovi256 on Saturday March 01, 2025 @09:08AM (#43219375)

The planned AUKUS submarines have no nuclear weapon capabilities. They're nuclear powered attack submarines that use conventional weapons.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSN-AUKUS

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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by 15155 on Saturday March 01, 2025 @10:35AM (#43220258)

> In January 2023, it was reported that the submarines were likely to incorporate a vertical launch system (VLS) for land-attack missiles. This would be a first for Royal Navy SSNs, which currently launch land-attack missiles via their torpedo tubes. A VLS system was described as likely to increase interoperability options with the US Navy since future US land attack missiles may not have a horizontal launch option.

The Tomahawk and basically every similar cruise missile can easily be outfitted with any warhead. SLBMs aren't the only delivery platform.

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