The United States, Australia and Britain on Monday 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.
US President Joe Biden speaks at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego, California, US, on Monday, March 13, 2023.The US, Australia and Britain on Monday 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.
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. The agreement will see US and British submarines deployed in Western Australia as soon as 2027 to help train Australian crews and bolster deterrence. US officials said this would involve four US submarines and one British in a few years.
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