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Down under the sea 12


€56bn 8


Value of the now- cancelled French– Australian submarine deal


Minimum number of


nuclear-powered submarines, armed with conventional weapons, set to be acquired by the Royal Australian Navy through the AUKUS deal


Source: The Guardian


The number of nuclear-powered submarines Australia were to receive from France Source: The Guardian


$2.5bn 6


Source: RUSI


Number of countries that currently have nuclear powered submarines – China, France, Russia, the UK, the US and India


Source: BBC The war on the seafl oor Nuclear-powered 11 68 10 1 16 10 50


The basic cost of each US Virginia and UK Astute-class nuclear attack submarines


60 10 6


4 Source: RUSI


Number of Chinese submarines


The number that are nuclear- powered


The number of nuclear-powered attack submarines that are armed with conventional weapons


The number of nuclear- powered ballistic missile submarines, designed to carry nuclear weapons


Number of military submarines in service by country* Other propulsion methods


36 21


*Countries with at least one nuclear-powered submarine in service Source: Statista; Indian Navy, Nuclear Threat Initiative, Forbes, Royal Navy & Marine Nationale Defence & Security Systems International / www.defence-and-security.com Defence & Security Systems International / www.defence-and-security.com 7


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