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Jonathan Lee, Sky's correspondent, reports that the original intent was for Australia to receive Virginia-class submarines, but current U.S. Navy struggles threaten this plan. America's submarine production is declining at a critical juncture. The Navy is operating below its required capacity—producing roughly 1.3 submarines annually against a need for 2.3—and faces a backlog of just 49 attack submarines, short of their strategic goal of 65.