Just one out of six Australian Collins-class submarines is currently fully operational

[@Mrbuckaroonie..]

The ADF is in poor shape. What a disgrace.

[@sallycent6598]

This is the Labor that is preferred to send our money to the Palestinians instead to support our ADF with the best equipments. This is unbelievable embarrassing for the first world country.

[@aussienscale]

Has been for almost half a century Buck !!

[@concernedaussie1330]

Surely it can’t be an accident ! I’m convinced, we are meant to capitulate, surrender & or hand over our nation once & for all ! There’s absolutely no way , Australia’s in control of Australia . Not sure exactly, however I’m guessing it’s America or Zionists or both / same same .

[@rideawhiteswantrex]

Actually not true. The subs are out of commission because the Royal Australian Navy is waiting while they push through the next 6 DEI qualified female and transgender officers through their training. Not long to go , the course started last week , they've got one week to go. Meanwhile the male candidates for the same course have 52 weeks training yet to go.

[@Nathan-yy2xs]

@@rideawhiteswantrex yeah I wonder if the banned mucho man song as misgendering

[@nh6central]

New Zealand has just commissioned it’s first and only submarine currently operating off the coast of Samoa.

[@warren4110]

HMNZS Lesbian Reefer!

[@Mr_Bute]

To rescue Samoans who fall in.

[@concernedaussie1330]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤

[@samfisher7953]

Only 6 submarines with one fully operational are guarding this extremely huge island?

[@QuantumPyrite_88.9]

It's interesting ,that what should be classified information is shared.

[@sallycent6598]

@@QuantumPyrite_88.9 We shouldn’t reveal our weaknesses to the enemies.

[@shadowwater1]

​@@QuantumPyrite_88.9 panda 🐼 and Putin read Sky comments don't they 😂 actually they probably do.

[@太守苏定交趾]

us army guarding

[@wundurra24]

Who's going to invade Australia?

[@JustinSyd]

What is the government doing, sitting on their hands, can they even run a chocolate wheel?

[@sircolinlesleyrowling]

The libs !

[@bretloyd8097]

Are you a Sky employee incognito?

[@JustinSyd]

@@bretloyd8097 They should pay me.

[@pwillis1589]

Exactly the same situation happened under the Abbott government, where was your outrage then. Yes you are correct the Abbott government couldn’t run a chook raffle.

[@georgesutter2256]

Albo and the chutney ferrets are more worried about flying first class and free drinks in the chairman’s lounge

[@jmcham1000]

Right from the start there has never been 6 Collins class submarines that were seaworthy at any one time

[@matthewflinders1978]

That’s true, I was told ten years ago by a then recently retired navy serviceman that there was only two full crews at that point, and that there had never been more than that because they simply couldn’t get the people.

[@fringedweller5425]

It's not unusual for half our fleet to be in dry dock.

[@BasementBerean]

If I had one old rusty sub available when the world thought I had six good subs, I wouldn't make that public.

[@whiskeygamer9402]

Australian Navy couldn't even sink a Tinny 🤣

[@whiskeygamer9402]

@paulveenings6861 The joys of DEI Hire🤣

[@Whereareyouthen]

Do we even have tinnies ?

[@concernedaussie1330]

@@Whereareyouthenno ! But we could have thousands over night , for next to nothing! If we had a volunteer civilian military force. With a little outside the box thinking & strategy, we could have a huge force , equipped with whatever we’ve got right now . & develop tactics around that.

[@KIA-MIA-POW]

Given the appaling stae of the RAN, this comes as no surprise.. Fully qualified submariners are a rare commodity these days.

[@cameron.t]

It would appear the R in RAN stands for Rusting

[@alexpalmer776]

When is the government going to take defence seriously?

[@concernedaussie1330]

They are . They want us totally disarmed, so we don’t put up a fight.

[@thehum1000]

AUKUS?

[@MrPopo-nn7kp]

We don t need to piss money away on that we've sold the country no 1 will invade

[@concernedaussie1330]

@@thehum1000 what’s Aukus got to do with Australia’s defence? That’s a massively expensive waste of Australia’s defence budget , to befit the US’s power projection in Asia. It actually made Australia’s home soil a bigger target !

[@paulchasteauneuf2098]

How do you put a submarine on light duties? What clown show

[@concernedaussie1330]

And the fools will keep voting labor & liberals!

[@hotwheels70]

is that the one that transports Marles' golf clubs.

[@Barney_Rubble247]

Suprised??

[@concernedaussie1330]

It’s all part of the plan.

[@robertheckenberg3440]

Kim Beasley there’s a name drop for yeah

[@Sigma-66]

Corrosion ? 🤔🤔 Gee, if that gets any worse, they could sink to the bottom.

[@trevorgale1176]

Albo needs to use it since he appears to be getting his wings clipped, then the Navy might get equipment that is actually serviceable, submarine accidents happen people's lives depend on this stuff.

[@concernedaussie1330]

100%

[@mc94.]

Diversity sank the others? 😂

[@gone547]

Going down.

[@breaneainn]

I know. I'm in Tassie and I can hear it from here.

[@watchman8047]

Sure it wasn’t the devil in your back yard 😅

[@breaneainn]

@watchman8047 Our native fauna are pretty dumb, but not dumb enough to sail on one of those underwater jackhammers...

[@spelingmistake]

Darwin seaport China lease...

[@nomyafiftyonefifty8081]

Why are you advertising this??

[@marktucker8896]

The purpose of the sub program is to provide jobs in South Australia, not deployable combat assets. Unless the focus actually changes, this farce will continue.

[@davewgray]

ever heard of proper gander?

[@mk1479]

Nothing that China, Russia or NK don't already know... But it's still a disgrace.

[@di_ibzy]

It’s Sky News expect nothing less .

[@KumaBean]

If Sky News is aware, is it too far-fetched to believe that foreign intelligence agencies also have the same information? Those same agencies already have intel that the media is unaware of…. Come on, let’s apply some logic here,…. 🍻

[@cheekeongchan6605]

Read long time ago RAN had crews for only 4 out of 6 Collins submarines. Could not find enough crew.

[@Nathan-yy2xs]

@@cheekeongchan6605 they suposed to have fixed that issue. Now they can't get enough in the water because they become rust buckets. Lot of the issues is through incompetence.and ignorance just failure to make decisions and sit on it

[@Berserker978]

I'm welding some 44 gallon drums together. I rekon I can get a Sale to the Navy with Albo incharge. 😂

[@Barney_Rubble247]

😆😆😆

[@pwillis1589]

So when only one sub was operational under the Abbott government I can only assume you blamed Tony as well?

[@uppy4849]

Everyone gotta understand it's not the ADF'S FAULT! Every government we've had for a long time has been as equally bad for defence forces. Stop blaming the defence forces, blame the governments and their selfishness.

[@concernedaussie1330]

It’s only two governments! The same two governments! The Brass had all of the time in the world to tell the people ( the commonwealth ) what’s going on . But they didn’t.

[@uppy4849]

@concernedaussie1330 100% agree, luckily the brass is changing now and hopeful to see good leaders on top once again in ADF

[@concernedaussie1330]

@ I can’t imagine much or anything will change! Maybe waste a bit more money, have an inquiry or 2 , kick the can down the road a bit more .

[@Tony-ne7hd]

No surprise We need soldiers not subs We won’t have enough soldiers when we need them

[@SukKennedy]

The term "loose lips sinks ships!" applies here! Someone should get a court marshall over info like this leaking to the public!

[@dontbeasheeple5883]

Court martial

[@SukKennedy]

@@dontbeasheeple5883 Ty didn't click until I saw your reply

[@leigh9807]

They last 30 years and take 35 years to build? Hahahahaha

[@fringedweller5425]

And 5 minutes to sink.

[@leigh9807]

@@fringedweller5425 buy 10 more and keep the purchase hidden from outside governments. Spend extra to fast track them.

[@speedymccreedy8785]

Building our own orphan class of subs was always a mistake, but here we go again.

[@JustinSyd]

Is Abbo the leader oh it's Albo, I often mispell it.

[@sircolinlesleyrowling]

Nah ,, you're just a dikhed !

[@marktucker8896]

Given the age of these boats, this is absolutely no surprise. As they continue to age, this number will drop even further. I question why anybody would be surprised by this.

[@mk1479]

Not surprised, just disgraceful. The military side of the govt should and must be given to the Mil brass, not to some woke butthead. Having said that.. The mil has gone woke too..

[@marktucker8896]

@@mk1479 Disgraceful is a strong word. While the quality of out military leadership is terrible, and they are responsible for a great many of the ADF's problems, not this one. It was a political decision to stop production of the Collins class boats after only six boats were built and it was the politicians who delayed replacing the Collins class boats. There now zero chance of avoiding a lengthy capability gap before the SSN's come into service. The decision to buy SSN's could of and should of been made ten years earlier. The Collins class replacement was known as an SSKN for years, reflecting the fact the RAN wanted SSNs, but the politicans wouldn't commit.

[@concernedaussie1330]

@@marktucker8896fair points, however it goes much deeper then just submarines! All of our once commonwealth owned everything, has all completely been sold off. We’ve been robbed blind , from right under our noses!

[@Nathan-yy2xs]

@@marktucker8896 They should had ordered south Korea subs for a gap. They could had 6 newly built subs by 2030 with the first 3 by 2025 back in 2020 when Korea offered to build them. In 2030s RAN could had operated 6 KSS III and 2 or 3 nuclear powered Virginia class till the 8 newly built nuclear powered submarines get built. The Australian government has left the RAN with a hole. A navy that can't defend

[@GrandpaVince]

We want vince-class submarines they don't actually go under the water they just float for a bit. But they're full of life rafts so it's possible to survive

[@dontbeasheeple5883]

Do they come equipped with sonar dingoes, or are they an additional cost?

[@muhammadjoshua7464]

What happened to AUKUS deal?

[@Nathan-yy2xs]

Still on white paper

[@georgesutter2256]

Subs will arrive in 25 years time . Can’t have them sunk in the next war.

[@muhammadjoshua7464]

@@georgesutter2256 those subs would be outdated in 25 years man.. Better to invest the money on something else

[@Nathan-yy2xs]

@@muhammadjoshua7464 The sub itself won't be as its only a haul and nuclear power and propulsion system but they will have to put the latest equipment in it. Or it be 40 year old design. The systems will need to be the latest technology not what the US using now

[@charliepyle1626]

we have yank subs while ours are getting painted, sky news is such a drama queen.

[@englishstark6100]

Is it the Rainbow 🌈 Sub?

[@ytn00b3]

What a shame. Should have taken offer from Hanwha 2 years ago, at least one of them would have arrived by now.

[@AP-ei4jt]

Thank Morrison and Aukus, the pie in the sky salesman.

[@watchman8047]

Shameful

[@JH-kd6hs]

I presume fully operational means it’s fully loaded with rainbow flags and maxi pads?

[@anonymousmc7727]

Australia has that ray gun military 😂😂😂😂

[@concernedaussie1330]

100% ❤😂😂😂😂😂

[@bestestusername]

We are capable of docking nuke subs now, no reason why we can 't have regular stops by US subs in the pacific

[@concernedaussie1330]

No reason why Australians still vote labor or liberal ! But the retards still do. That’s the whole reason right there, labor & liberals! Foreign controlled, rigged 2 party political system!

[@russellmcgibbon6187]

I guess those COVID lock downs really helped 🤣

[@concernedaussie1330]

Helped , know who has half a brain & who’s completely got their heads in the sand ! The ones who refused to wear masks & didn’t take the jabby , were trying to tell you’s all it was a scam . Julia Gillard while PM 🤮 talked about agenda 21 ! There’s a 25 & 30 coming down the pike really fast!

[@briannewman6216]

At least the RAN is better than the Kiwi navy.

[@concernedaussie1330]

That’s a low blow!

[@georgesutter2256]

Sounds like the Nigerian navy

[@HeavyDandWhiskey]

Terrible. At least our potential Enemies dont have TV;'s or the internet and can see this useful information.

[@ge_mail]

AUS 👉 Not Prepared ... Not Reliable

[@GAD00SH]

Sounds like something the canadian government would buy... 😅

[@stokersruleok5863]

Consecutive governments are to blame. It sounds like America is going cold on the nuke sub deal.

[@concernedaussie1330]

They already have ! They are taking our money & laughing at us !

[@penbee9316]

A good reason to be neutral.

[@concernedaussie1330]

100%

[@BigBopper-zm1kf]

I've been driving in the car. Jodie is a coastie. I've declared everything.

[@fitzyholden1036]

We sure need to get our act together.

[@sammillar4304]

First stop taking out the all blacks eh😅

[@Scotty123-o3u]

Thanks Scumo!

[@Capone_1899]

Scott no friends?

[@LarryLongprongREAL]

Why couldn't Labor "solve Morrison's mess", Scotty?

[@Aloha-Robodebt]

You rang?

[@wattlebough]

Didn’t you know? Scomo hasn’t been PM for two and a half years now.

[@concernedaussie1330]

Scomo wasn’t pm 10-15 years ago , when this should have been sorted. This isn’t one person or one party’s decision! This was both parties & all MP’s.

[@yyyfffff33333]

That many ?

[@peterlegg7456]

I doubt the deal for US Nuclear Submarines will ever go ahead. If we'd gone with Abbott's plan to get off-the-shelf subs from Japan 10 years ago, we'd be close to delivery now.

[@pwillis1589]

Yeah right. A sub with the range I can hit a golf ball, and with no long range missile capability. The Navy didn’t what them and they were the third choice in the tender process.

[@peterlegg7456]

@@pwillis1589 Yeah, our one Collins Class is much better.

[@westkaintuck6482]

Why does the new Australian Navy have glass bottom boats? so they can see the old Australian Navy.

[@petebegnell9480]

Imagine being asked to submerge in a sub that's rusty & out of date..

[@CapsVODS]

Are you trying to put a target on ur back AU?

[@thehum1000]

AUKUS will change that👍

[@shadowwater1]

Beergut navy must fight for the only shifts on the sub 😂

[@ILDG86]

So Sky, what happened to AUKUS ? 😂

[@StephenBrowne-e5l]

What a disgrace, This every government that has been in powers fault.

[@Didigetitwrong]

So wr are going to keep a fleet of nuclear subs going are we and build functioning nuclear power plants????

[@wundurra24]

Those AUKUS subs are a scandalous waste of tax payers' money.

[@Aloha-Robodebt]

Not my fault.

[@450tank]

Why?

[@ColonelJohnmatrix1000]

BS

[@wundurra24]

For between A$268 billion to A$368 billion by 2055, or roughly 0.15% of gross domestic product per year, what would purpose would the subs serve. Any surface or subsurface threats to Australia can be dealth with by the RAAF or the RAN surface fleet.

[@450tank]

@@wundurra24 Faster than conventional, don't need refueling, can stay submerged longer, don't need to surface to recharge batteries. Also, a psychological deterrent because of their stealth.

[@GroovyGrandpa2]

Fix it now….. don’t waste time.

[@LonesomeDrifter186]

Wow... Quick give em some more money, tired and hungry aussies families wouldn't want to disrupt the Warmachine progess schedule.

[@xioncorp]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Rabbitt-d6y]

We buried helicopters that could have been given to Ukraine or kept in storage.

[@lindac446]

And once again, it is shocking how unprepared nations are when THEY KNOW THEIR NEIGHBORS! Oh, oh ... the US will help? Maybe not .. if we are GIVING help to Ukraine Israel, South Korea etc, how much reserve coukd we possibly have for GER, AU, etc? The Lord helps those that help themselves ... not 'me want to EXPECT other countries to defend me, die for me'

[@richardcarey169]

Be afraid! ANZAC is nice but it's a myth, pusillanimity persists

[@Mike-tj2oo]

If my eyes were crooked or otherwise weird I would wear smaller glasses and more lipstick for sure.

[@emerson-lf7ow]

the kingswoods more like it, waiting for parts from a holden wrecking yard to keep them going ..china is laughing 😂

[@dmarshall8366]

Who cares?

[@richardosborne2067]

Gun

[@richardosborne2067]

Pop

[@stepkycopky9354]

Hahahahhahaha, they have been a failure from the start….

[@TheClownVP]

Only 1 and that took how many years ?

[@St.Thomas-er9iu]

Submarines a 🍋 chewing the money and an underwater ⚰️ in military use... St.Thomas