追本溯源澳大利亚皇家海军装备新型水下杀手以代替老旧的“奥伯龙”级柴电常规潜艇的计划,于1978年7月浮出水面。计划建议,潜艇的主体部分应在澳大利亚国内制造,并且新造潜艇的数量要超过6艘“奥伯龙”级的规模。但是澳洲人的一厢情愿却不太现实,因为以当时澳大利亚薄弱的造船工业,要完工数艘技术先进且工程量浩大的常规潜艇,无论如何都是不可能的。因此,只有在发达工业国的大力援助下建造潜艇,才具备 In July 1978, the Australian Royal Navy equipped a new underwater killer to replace the old “Oberon” diesel-electric conventional submarine. Plans suggest that the main part of the submarine should be made in Australia, and the number of new submarines to be more than 6 “Oberon ” scale. However, Australians’ wishful thinking is unrealistic, because at that time, the weak shipbuilding industry in Australia was not able to complete any number of technologically advanced and massive conventional submarines at any time. Therefore, it is only possible to build submarines with the great assistance of developed industrial nations