Turnbull warns AUKUS subs likely won't arrive, calls faith in deal 'stark staring bonkers'

Former PM Malcolm Turnbull told a public inquiry the AUKUS nuclear-submarine pact will probably deliver zero subs. His argument: the US builds 1.2 submarines yearly but needs 2.3 for its own navy, and US law bars any sale deepening that gap. No surplus, no transfer. The government says otherwise; the figures are the figures.