Australian Prime Minister (PM) Morrison, UK PM Johnson and President Biden announce AUKUS (pronounced or-kus) and Australian built nuclear submarine (SSN) (Youtube here and above uploaded by The Guardian, Sept 15/16, 2021)
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Australian nuclear submarine (SSN) plans, at present, appear to be:
2 minutes into the Youtube Morrison indicates to the effect:
after more than a years further consultation between Aus, UK and US under AUKUS
Australia will draw on UK and US nuclear technology, expertise and active building help
to begin an [intended] Adelaide, South Australia, nuclear propelled attack submarine (SSN) program
Australia is not intending to be nuclear armed or build civilian nuclear facilities
[Pete comment: eg. no nuclear power stations]
[Pete comment: this SSN program will take more than a decade]
[Pete comment: to build an SSN tailor made for the Australian Navy's requirements.]
Morrison adds at 2:42 "Australia will continue to meet all our nuclear non-proliferation obligations"
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3:54 in UK PM Boris Johnson describes UK's part in Australia's SSN program lasting "decades". Creating 100s of UK jobs, very high tech etc.
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6:18 in Biden begins speaking.
At 9:15 Biden begins to mention the Australian nuclear submarine aspect of AUKUS.
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AUKUS and Submarines Drawing from Wiki's new entry on AUKUS
AUKUS may replace ANZUS.
As New Zealand (NZ) is very anti-nuclear, even anti-nuclear propulsion, AUKUS may ANZUS
leaving NZ with no major defense alliance.
"The agreement [AUKUS] will include provisions enabling Australia to obtain nuclear-powered submarines, a process which will involve scrapping the troubled Attack-class diesel-electric submarines program that was previously scheduled to replace the Collins class.[5]
It could involve [an interim or maybe permanent arrangement of] American nuclear-powered Virginia-class submarines operating out of HMAS Stirling in Perth.[6][7]
The US will supply highly enriched uranium to Australia to power the submarines; Australia has reportedly agreed not to produce highly enriched uranium itself.[8] "
In other news, Indonesia buys two Arrowhead 140 GP frigates, which will be built in Indonesian yards
ReplyDeletehttps://www.navalnews.com/event-news/dsei-2021/2021/09/dsei-2021-babcock-sells-arrowhead-140-frigate-design-licence-to-indonesia/
Some thoughtful, thorough, learned, experienced. professional, respectable and respectful comments, in tone and content, from Denis Mole:
ReplyDelete- here https://navalinstitute.com.au/the-submarine-nuclear-option/ and
- here https://asiapacificdefencereporter.com/what-happened-to-a-regionally-superior-conventional-submarine/