The United States, United Kingdom and Australia announced an agreement that would provide Australia with conventionally-armed, nuclear-powered submarines.
"Together we will deliver SSN-AUKUS — a trilaterally-developed submarine based on the United Kingdom’s next-generation design that incorporates technology from all three nations, including cutting edge U.S. submarine technologies," President Joe Biden, U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in a joint statement.
"Australia and the United Kingdom will operate SSN-AUKUS as their submarine of the future," the announcement said. Before that submarine will be ready for deployment in the early 2040s, the U.S. will sell Australia up to five nuclear-powered Virginia-class submarines in the 2030s, pending congressional approval, the statement said.
National security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters that the deal is"a multiphase process that begins over the next few years and begins immediately with the training of Australian sailors, engineers, technicians and other personnel to be able to take on the responsibility and stewardship of nuclear propulsion."
The alliance with the three countries — known as AUKUS — was first announced in September of 2021, and aimed at increasing cooperation on military defense, cyberthreats and supply chain security in the Indo-Pacific.
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