The United States intends to sell Australia three US Virginia class nuclear-powered submarines in the early 2030s. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SAN DIEGO - The leaders of the United States, Australia and Britain on Monday unveiled details of a plan to provide Australia with nuclear-powered attack submarines, a major step to counter China’s ambitions in the Indo-Pacific.
and operation of a new class of submarine - SSN-Aukus - a “trilaterally developed” vessel based on Britain’s next-generation design that would be built in Britain and Australia and include “cutting edge” US technologies. China has condemned Aukus as an illegal act of nuclear proliferation. In launching the partnership Australia also upset France by abruptly cancelling a deal to buy French conventional submarines.
In a reflection of stretched US production capacity, the senior US official told Reuters it was “very likely” one or two of the Virginia-class submarines sold to Australia would be vessels that had been in US service, something that would require congressional approval. One senior US official said Aukus reflected mounting threats in the Indo-Pacific, not just from China towards self-ruled Taiwan and in the contested South China Sea, but also from Russia, which has conducted joint exercises with China, and North Korea as well.Albanese said on Saturday that South Australia and Western Australia would be big beneficiaries of Aukus. “This is about jobs, including jobs in manufacturing,” he said.
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