US President Joe Biden stresses that the submarines would be nuclear-powered, not nuclear armed: 'These boats will not have nuclear weapons of any kind on them.'
The United States, Australia, and Britain on Monday, March 13, unveiled details of a plan to provide Australia with nuclear-powered attack submarines from the early 2030s to counter China’s ambitions in the Indo-Pacific.
It said the multi-stage project would culminate with British and Australian production and operation of a new submarine class – 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.
Biden stressed that the submarines would be nuclear-powered, not nuclear armed: “These boats will not have nuclear weapons of any kind on them,” he said. China has condemned AUKUS as an illegal act of nuclear proliferation. The plan “constitutes serious nuclear proliferation risks, undermines international non-proliferation system, fuels arms races, and hurts peace and stability,” China’s permanent mission to the United Nations said in a tweet after the announcement.
In launching the partnership, Australia also upset France by abruptly cancelling a deal to buy French conventional submarines. Big questions remain about AUKUS, not least over strict US curbs on the extensive technology sharing needed for the project and about how long it will take to deliver the submarines, even as the perceived threat posed by China mounts.
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