A new advertising campaign has been rolled out across Australia aiming to recruit navy personnel as the country enters the age of nuclear-powered submarines. 9News
The campaign showcases the large number of job opportunities in the Royal Australian Navy in coming decades as the service gears up for acquiring its new submarine fleet under the $368 billion AUKUS agreement.
"A lot that have trade goes to China, but all of our trade to Japan, all of our trade to South Korea, two of our top five trading partners goes through the South China Sea," he said. Australia will spend up to $368 billion by 2055 to build a new fleet of eight nuclear-propelled submarines in Adelaide, developed with the US and Britain, to enter service in the 2040s under the costliest defence project in the nation's history.Defence Minister Richard Marles said Australia's nuclear submarines will play a vital role in keeping the country's sea lanes open.
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