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Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (2nd L) looks at a Royal Australian Navy Collins-class submarine at the ASC naval shipyards in Adelaide after announcing that French naval contractor DCNS beat Germany and Japan for a 50 billion AUD (39 billion USD) contract to design and build Australia's next generation of submarines in the country's biggest ever defence procurement programme, on April 26, 2016. The announcement culminates years of planning to replace Australia's ageing diesel and electric-powered Collins Class submarines, which are due to leave service from around 2026. / AFP / James Knowler (Photo credit should read JAMES KNOWLER/AFP/Getty Images)

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (2nd L) looks at a Royal Australian Navy Collins-class submarine at the ASC naval shipyards in Adelaide after announcing that French naval contractor DCNS beat Germany and Japan for a 50 billion AUD (39 billion USD) contract to design and build Australia's next generation of submarines in the country's biggest ever defence procurement programme, on April 26, 2016. 

  
The announcement culminates years of planning to replace Australia's ageing diesel and electric-powered Collins Class submarines, which are due to leave service from around 2026.

 / AFP / James Knowler        (Photo credit should read JAMES KNOWLER/AFP/Getty Images)