Anthony Albaniz considers the AUKUS project a worthwhile investment to strengthen the country’s economy and national security.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albaniz said the country’s need for nuclear submarines (NPS) was dictated by the challenges of a “troubled period”, including the growth of China’s military potential. This was reported on March 16 by The Sydney Morning Herald.
The US, UK and Australia recently released a multi-year plan to supply Canberra with nuclear submarines through the AUKUS partnership. This agreement was criticized by former Australian Prime Ministers Paul Keating and Malcolm Turnbull.
According to Keating, because of the agreement, the country’s international interests are subject to the policies of its allies, and security now depends “on the whims and caprices of the US administration.” He emphasized that China poses no real military threat to Australia.
Turnbull believes that Australia’s refusal to acquire French submarines in 2021 is “reckless”, and that the AUKUS project will take longer and cost the state more.
According to the publication, Albaniz has a different view.
“China has changed its position and its position on world affairs since the 1990s when Paul Keating was active in politics… The truth is that Australia and China have very different political systems and have very different values. the fastest and the most significant increase in military spending in the post-war period in all countries, and this is just a fact,” said the prime minister.
He said the government’s decision to spend about $368 billion on a nuclear submarine fleet over the next 30 years was a worthwhile investment to strengthen Australia’s economy and national security “in a turbulent time”.
Albaniz emphasized that, while nuclear submarines are less visible than other types of submarines and conventional ships, they are faster, can travel longer distances, and Canberra needs this type of weapon. .
Recall that the allies’ trilateral plan for AUKUS indicates that the United States, starting in 2032, will sell Australia from three to five Virginia-class submarines.
In addition, Australia and Britain will build the nuclear submarine SSN Aukus, which will be a modified version of the next-generation SSN(R). As expected, the first submarines will enter service no earlier than two decades.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said the supply of nuclear submarines to Australia was contrary to the provisions of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
Australia is asking the IAEA for an agreement on nuclear submarines under the AUKUS
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