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The Australia, United Kingdom, United States (Aukus) Nuclear Submarine Agreement: Potential Implications, Bert Chapman
The Australia, United Kingdom, United States (Aukus) Nuclear Submarine Agreement: Potential Implications, Bert Chapman
FORCES Initiative: Strategy, Security, and Social Systems
The AUKUS Nuclear Submarine Agreement seeks to enhance multinational deterrence against Chinese geopolitical assertiveness by giving Australia nuclear powered submarines.
▶ This agreement will pose considerable cost and technical challenges for the Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
▶ Estimates of when Australia will be able to deploy nuclear submarines range from 2030-2040.
▶ The U.S. and its allies will have to make challenging decisions about where to build AUKUS in Australia.
▶ There is debate as to whether efforts to deter China in the Asia-Pacific should include non-Anglosphere countries in that region.
▶ Consideration should be given …