US and UK help Australia build its nuclear submarines

President Biden, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison appeared virtually together to announce a very special partnership on sharing nuclear technologies for submarine construction. "It's about investing in our greatest sources of strength, our alliances, and upgrading them to better address the threats of today and tomorrow," Biden said. "It's about connecting America's existing allies and partners in new ways and amplifying our ability to collaborate." All three leaders stressed that the new submarine will be nuclear-powered and unarmed, in line with nuclear non-proliferation measures. None of them mentioned China in their remarks.

The pact builds on the long-standing alliance between the three to share intelligence, deepen cooperation and help Australia as China's influence grows.

The new deal, announced Wednesday by the leaders of the three countries, was described by administration officials as a way to align common interests in Asia Pacific.

The partnership The partnership is called AUKUS, an acronym for Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States and will have a number of components, first and foremost the development of nuclear submarine capacity for Australia. Others include cyberspace security cooperation, artificial intelligence, quantum technologies and subsea capabilities, administration officials said Wednesday.

While officials declined to say the effort was intended to counter China, describing it as an effort to strategically engage three allies in an important region, one must be honest and tell the truth: the effort is intended to counter China whose response this new venture will be very curious and certainly one that will not help alleviate the global inflationary tide. The announcement comes shortly after troop withdrawal from Afghanistan last month, which was described as part of a broader bid by the Biden administration to focus on issues in the Indo-Pacific, including China.

"This partnership is not targeted, or on any one country, it is about promoting our strategic interests, supporting international rules-based order and promoting peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific," an official said. "This is a broader effort to support the fabric of engagement and deterrence in the Indo-Pacific."

While the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia already participate in joint security agreements and all three participate in the Five Eyes alliance, an intelligence-sharing agreement that also includes Canada and New Zealand, the new security facility. provides for the technological cooperation needed to share nuclear submarine technology and other joint efforts in a region where China poses growing security concerns.

The fact that the new Australian submarines will not be armed with nuclear missiles places them in the category of nuclear attack submarines, the most recent examples of which was the Virginia class and are now nearly 20 years old. A new class of Australian attack submarines would ease the pressure on the US navy, especially in missions involving the surveillance of SNLMB submarines, Nuclear submarines launch Russian and Chinese ballistic missiles.

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