President Joe Biden announced a new deal with Australia and Britain that provides the former with conventionally armed nuclear-powered submarines in an unprecedented agreement to counter China's attempts for naval control in the Pacific.
Biden announced the deal on Monday aboard the submarine USS Missouri in San Diego, California, and he was flanked by Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. The deal amounts to the first concrete steps taken by the three allies to deepen the AUKUS partnership that was announced a year and a half ago.The deal will not provide Australia with a nuclear-powered submarine force until the 2030s.
Simultaneously, Australia will look to build its own SSN-AUKUS submarine, though it will likely not be completed until the 2040s, given the lack of already developed infrastructure. "Each of our three countries have a clear determination to take the necessary steps to maintain peace and stability going forward," the official explained."It's the mission of the United States, and other allies and partners have accepted for decades. And we believe that it is increasingly being challenged and under threat not only by developments in China but other countries like North Korea and Russia, which shares Pacific engagement as well.
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