Australia is set to get its first conventionally armed, nuclear-powered submarines in the early 2030s. This is under a partnership with the UK and the USA, signed in November 2024. It seemed curious to me that Australia already does not already have these, so I decided to look into which countries have them, who first developed them, and why they’re still so rare.
Nuclear-powered Submarines
Australia is set to get its first conventionally armed, nuclear-powered submarines in the early 2030s. This is under a partnership with the UK and the USA, signed in November 2024. It seemed curious to me that Australia already does not already have these, so I decided to look into which countries have them, who first developed them, and why they’re still so rare.