Earlier this year, Washington revealed that it would deliver Australia’s first nuclear-powered submarine as part of a new trilateral security partnership, despite France’s Naval Group having already discussed a $90 billion submarine contract with Australia. The move prompted Paris to recall its ambassadors in both Canberra and Washington.
The US State Department has reportedly approved a foreign military sale geared toward the modernisation of Greece’s Hellenic Navy (HN) MEKO Class frigates and the delivery of four Multi-Mission Surface Combatant (MMSC) ships, according to a Friday release from the Pentagon’s Defence Security Cooperation Agency. Read More…