France's DCNS Wins Australia's $50 Billion Future Submarine Contract (The Diplomat)

Interesting views in this article (BTW, is my first contact with this media, The Conversation):

http://theconversation.com/why-the-french-submarine-won-the-bid-to-replace-the-collins-class-58223

A pair of controversial articles in the issue I did read a few days previously to the Australian submarine bid resolution, very contrarious to the Japanese option:

 

http://www.australiandefence.com.au/news/the-submarine-problem-deeper-than-meets-the-eye

 

http://gentleseas.blogspot.com.es/2016/03/potential-soryu-problems-recalculations.html

This is the most compelling reason to go with the Barracuda Shortfin, imho.

 

Coalition plans nuclear-powered submarine fleet over long term (AFR)