blueprint designed to support local shipbuilding in Adelaide and Perth as work winds down on air warfare destroyers and begins on future frigates programThe Turnbull government has promised to bring forward the multi-billion-dollar construction of navy frigates and offshore patrol vessels in Australia.
It is an attempt to prevent the local shipbuilding industry falling further into its so-called “valley of death” as work winds down on the air warfare destroyers in Adelaide,due to be completed in 2018, and work begins on the future frigates program in 2020.
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Source: theguardian.com