Defence Minister Richard Marles has said there is “no doubt” the AUKUS submarine deal will place pressure on US defence industries and the new military alliance will require Australia’s entire industrial base.
Speaking a day after it was revealed two US senators warned President Joe Biden the security pact to share nuclear submarine technology with Australia would stretch their country’s own submarine industry to “breaking point”, Marles said Australia must develop its own capabilities.
Accompanying him, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese listed national security, and within that, the alliance with the UK and US, as among his government’s biggest challenges and “opportunities” for 2023, foreshadowing the announcement about which type of submarine it will acquire by March. “This is not just going to be a huge opportunity for South Australia. This is such a large endeavour, that it will require the industrial base of the whole nation. This is going to provide opportunities and WA it’s going to provide opportunities right here in Victoria.”Defence Minister Richard Marles
Reed is the chair of the powerful Senate Armed Services Committee, which oversees the US military and Department of Defence. Inhofe, whose Senate career ended this week, was the top Republican on the committee when the letter was sent.
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