Albanese government must make key decisions on nuclear submarines and finalise settlement over cancelled French contract
, under which the US and the UK have offered to help Australia to acquire at least eight nuclear-propelled submarines and cooperate on other advanced technologies.
“Defence representatives, including members of the Nuclear Powered Submarine Taskforce, have met with United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff members, who are currently in Australia,” a Defence spokesperson said. They added that the 18-month consultation process would “include consideration of technology transfer and export control requirements”.Sign up to receive the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning
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