U.S. to sell nuke-powered subs to Australia in unprecedented new deal

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The U.S. is preparing to sell three to five nuclear-powered submarines to Australia in an unprecedented new deal

The U.S. is preparing to sell three to five nuclear-powered submarines to Australia, an unprecedented step that’s expected to pave the way for Canberra to co-develop and then eventually build its own attack boats in the decades ahead.

According to three senior administration officials who briefed the media on the condition that their names be withheld, Phase 1 involves American and British submarines visiting ports in Australia and embedding those sailors into U.S. and U.K. forces and nuclear power schools. Both the U.S. and U.K. already use nuclear propulsion in their submarines, but Australia does not.

The subs will replace the diesel-powered Collins-class submarines currently in Australia’s fleet. The advantages of nuclear propulsion systems will transform Australia’s undersea capabilities, allowing the submarines to stay at sea for months at a time, and give them virtually unlimited range without having to pull into port to refuel.

The decision to pursue the deal came at the expense of France, which had already signed and worked on a multibillion-dollar deal to build non-nuclear submarines for Australia. But Canberra was enticed by the idea of receiving the secretive and powerful technology, allowing the Pacific country to build a premier naval force.

Australia will contribute an undisclosed amount of funds to help in that effort, the official continued. “This is a generational opportunity to lift the submarine industrial base for the U.S. and for the U.K. and to build one for Australia.”

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