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Australia's military is being targeted by foreign intelligence over its AUKUS nuclear submarine partnership with the United States and Britain, and faces growing espionage and sabotage threats ...
Plans for the base are part of Australia's largest defence project since World War Two, the acquisition of a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines costing up to A$368 billion ($240 billion).
The sale is part of AUKUS - a pact with the United States and Britain to develop nuclear-powered submarines and other high technology weapons and Australia's most expensive defence project with a ...
It was started in 2023 as a grassroots movement organised against the AUKUS security pact. It describes itself as a "grassroots network of labor members and unionists opposed to Australia being dragged into another US-led war". [7] The convenor of the group is Marcus Strom, a unionist and former media advisor to Ed Husic. [8] [2]
The U.S., Britain and Australia are set to begin talks on bringing new members into their AUKUS security pact as Washington pushes for Japan to be involved as a deterrent against China, the ...
Australia will operate two submarine classes, and if the build schedule for the SSN-AUKUS falls behind, has the option of purchasing up to two additional Virginia class boats from the United States. [37] [38] As a non-nuclear weapon state under the IAEA, [39] Australia will not produce nuclear fuel for its SSNs. [40]
AUKUS (/ ˈ ɔː k ə s / AW-kəs), also styled as Aukus, is a trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States intended to "promote a free and open Indo-Pacific that is secure and stable." [1] Initially announced on 15 September 2021, the partnership involves two lines of effort referred to as pillars.
LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Britain, the U.S. and Australia said on Monday they are considering working with Japan through their AUKUS security pact, despite U.S. export-control restrictions that ...