Former US deputy assistant secretary of defence Elbridge Colby says the AKUS deal for the US is “more heat than light” as the American system is not designed to work with aligns in creating technology and ammunition.
“The American system is not designed to make working really closely with an ally in
critical technology or ammunitions like Australia easy,” Mr Colby told Sky News host Erin Molan.
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