precisely what iran has been doing. now, australia of course isn t iran but you can see immediately, questions about what kind of precedent are we setting here? and how are we going to feel when the iranians or brazilians or someone else says we deserve nuclear submarines, too? and what does this mean for the geopolitics in the region? does this decision contain, deter, and expand an ambitious china? well, i mean i think that is clearly the message they are trying to send. my sense is this decision was rushed so they could get out ahead of the so-called quad meeting with australia, japan, and india. and so, they really wanted the statement out there and i know that is certainly going to be how the chinese are going to take it. i mean, one of the interesting questions, though, is, you know, do eight submarines over the next 20 years really contribute to that in a meaningful way? or, you know, is is this just a nice diplomatic statement for the moment?