Analysis: In the year since Australia’s most significant defence announcement in decades – the creation of the AUKUS partnership with the United States and United Kingdom – the gloomy geopolitics that prompted it have only darkened | KnottMatthew
Details of how AUKUS will work, beyond the grandiose rhetoric that accompanied its launch, are slowly being fleshed out. Over the past year, working groups have been created, key officials appointed and important agreements reached. Britain hasHowever, the crucial question of which submarine model Australia will acquire remains unanswered.
Defence Minister Richard Marles teased reporters this week by saying the government had essentially made up its mind on its chosen design and was figuring out how to make it a reality. Whatever design is finally unveiled, signing off on it will be a politically charged operation requiring sign off from three nations with high financial stakes in its success.
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