Aukus pact: US, UK and Australia agree on nuclear submarine project - BBC News

The US, UK and Australia have unveiled details of their plan to create a new fleet of nuclear-powered submarines.

The Aukus pact is said to be aimed at countering China's influence in the Indo-Pacific region, and will see British designed, American made submarines sent to Australia.

Beijing has strongly criticised the significant naval deal, accusing the Western allies of setting back nuclear non-proliferation efforts.

US President Joe Biden said the deal was aimed at bolstering peace in the region and stressed the submarines would be "nuclear-powered, not nuclear-armed".

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[miapulchritudinous]

Glad they went with the acronym AUKUS. But USUKA would have been funnier 😊

[jackcrosby]

Sunak is putting it lightly there at the end 😂

[NtherWolf]

Damn the Chinese are shook and have sent their bots in full force😂 pathetic. We all know they have a Paper tiger army just like the Russians.

[lukeswan]

I'd rather the Sydney train system could go one week without shitting itself

[katejean]

At some point Australia needs to learn its place and understand that they are a small islan nothing, non relevant unles they F.L.E.X with le international heavy hitters.... financially and military

[hauptmannbalalaika]

It was extremely undemocratic how Morrison ambushed us with AUKUS.

[yidinghong]

bro, Aus is now 365 billion more dollars in debt and that half of what the bill together is and aus is the weakest out of all of them. DUDE that's the least amount of fairness to me.

[SamPashmi]

Winnie the Flu is sending all his bots out 😂🤣😂😂🤣😂

[gdewyg]

Good to see UK, U.S and Australia in solidarity against Russian aggression

[ImperialKnight]

We Australians don’t want this. Waste of money.😡

[Will-rsze]

America Empire heavily relies on the military industry these days😮The more wars, the better for USA😂

[tubetommy]

Nuclear or Diesel - No Brainer! - I can't understand why the french were so upset when the Aussies pulled out of their diesel deal !

[parvanator]

Where is your news of thousands of doctors protesting in London against real term pay-cuts? Is this another example of so-called BBC impartiality?
Have the government told you not to publicise this because the junior doctors have such a strong argument and public support?

[yoself-taught]

So, aukus is inviting china to join an arm race.

[QuietJugung]

"shared vision" versus "shared future"

[aodbeats]

None of you cannot see the sadness of all of this? Wake up please!

[dononeill]

The AUKUS submarine project needs to face up a serious risk posed by China’s supersonic speed torpedo. AUKUS resilience and survivability depend upon the AUKUS submarine ability to anticipate the appearance of a supersonic speed torpedo in time to avoid it by veering left or right or submerging to a greater depth.

[tm]

Joe and Rishi just look like they were picked off the street randomly to make a speech.

[jukio]

This is old news. We already knew Australia was buying nuclear submarines like a year and a half ago.

[eddiecorleone]

Why go nuclear submarines? I would opt to go with Space Nuclear Missiles like the Chinese. Imagine China start selling Space Nuclear Missiles like the one they tested last year circling around the Earth before vertically diving down. Hell, imagine every country will want at least 10-20 of their own.