A collection of articles about or related to submarines, including articles about AUKUS.

AUKUS is a trilateral security pact between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, announced in 2021. Under this pact, Australia is to develop a nuclear submarine capability.

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Strategic Influences

US and UK jump-start Australia’s nuclear submarine program

The AUKUS agreement will result in Australia acquiring nuclear-powered, conventionally armed submarines, which will be of a new British design—their reactors, combat systems and heavyweight torpedoes will be American. As an interim measure, the US will sell Australia three Virginia-class ‘hunter-killer’ submarines (will provide up to five if required. The AUKUS program aims to get formidable attack submarines into the hands of Australian sailors as quickly as possible.
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Strategic Influences

Australia’s submarine acquisition is about deterrence, not aggression

Nuclear-powered submarines (SSNs) are acquired to maintain peace in the region, noting that nuclear and diesel powered submarines have been operating in the Indo-Pacific for decades—and many Southeast Asian nations have their submarine programs.
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Secretary of Defence Greg Moriarty, during a press conference during a press conference to announce the AUKUS alliance and nuclear submarine acquisition at Parliament House, Canberra.
Strategic Influences

What is AUKUS and what is it not?

This report argues that AUKUS is a technology accelerator to shift the military balance in the Indo Pacific without competing against the QUAD or lessening the importance of ASEAN forums by the AUKUS members.
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Chief of the Defence Force General Angus Campbell AO, DSC and Secretary of Defence Greg Moriarty, during a press conference to announce the AUKUS alliance and nuclear submarine acquisition at Parliament House, Canberra.
Leadership

Defence scholarships boost nuclear and engineer workforce for AUKUS

The Australian government plans to offer scholarships to young people who want to be engineers or even nuclear scientists.
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Leadership

AUKUS will deliver the potent military Australia needs: Marles

Defence Minister Richard Marles strongly backs the AUKUS-inspired nuclear-powered submarines (SSNs) project, including developing the industrial base and highly trained workforce to make that happen.
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