It is about more than just submarines
Joe Biden, America’s president, accompanied by Anthony Albanese and Rishi Sunak, the prime ministers of Australia and Britain respectively, gathered in front of the USS Missouri, a Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine in San Diego, California. The three leaders announced a plan for the implementation ofis a pledge by America and Britain to help Australia build at least eight nuclear-powered—but not nuclear-armed—attack submarines, which are known ass .
, Britain’s next-generation attack submarine, and augmented by American technology, including the vertical tubes that hold missiles. The first subs are to be built in Barrow, England and will be ready by the late 2030s; the first ones for Australia will be built in Adelaide, though probably not finished until after 2040, and perhaps based in Port Kembla in New South Wales. Australia’s government reckons that the programme will support 8,500 domestic jobs.
The deal also involves substantial changes to the naval posture of both America and Britain. As a stopgap, as early as 2027 America will deploy Virginia-class attack submarines, rotating up to four of them continuously through, a naval base near Perth, on Australia’s west coast. Britain hopes to send one Astute-class submarine—14% of its eventual fleet.
For Australia, all this will be what officials describe as a “whole-of-nation undertaking”. It will have to expand and upgradeto take in the new American and British subs, and eventually its own. It will invest money and manpower in American and British shipyards to expand their output. Last year the first Royal Australian Navy personnel entered America’s nuclear-propulsion training programmes; later this year its sailors will embed with the American and British navies, gaining experience.
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