Australia will begin regularly hosting American nuclear-powered submarines within five years as it begins a mammoth two-decade-long endeavour to establish a domestic industry capable of rolling out a new fleet of cutting-edge boats.
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“This is more than just the capability pact. It’s about the three countries working more deeply together across their industrial bases and across science and technology, how they share information and how they can all be stronger together.”Before Tuesday’s announcement, Chinese President Xi Jinping told the National People’s Congress his country must“The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has entered an irreversible historical process,” Xi said.
But it will take at least two decades for Australia to build an industry capable of developing its first home-grown nuclear-powered submarine. Defence Minister Richard Marles provided clues about the complex task in Washington last month when he met US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin, a retired four-star general.In a briefing to journalists at the time, Marles described the alliance as a “three-way ecosystem” that would benefit all countries, but he warned building an AUKUS-ready nuclear workforce was “one of the real challenges that we face” and said Australia would need to do “a lot more” to achieve the goal.
Former prime minister Kevin Rudd said Chinese President Xi Jinping had “attacked” the US by name in recent weeks in a way no paramount leader had done since the 1990s.Andrew Taylor
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