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After Review, Pentagon Confirms Submarine Sales to Australia
The Pentagon's review endorses the $240 billion AUKUS pact to provide Australia with Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarines, emphasizing critical deadlines for the trilateral agreement's success.
- The Pentagon's five-month review endorsed the AUKUS agreement, deeming it in alignment with President Trump's 'America First' agenda and aimed at putting AUKUS on the strongest possible footing.
- Congressman Joe Courtney, a Democrat, stated the review's completion assures the AUKUS pact's 'framework is aligned with our country's national security interest', and Courtney represents a district home to a major US submarine facility.
- The AUKUS plan involves the US selling Virginia-class nuclear submarines to Australia from 2032 onwards, with Australia committing $240 billion over 30 years for the program that also includes developing new submarine technology.
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Australia was concerned about the possible rejection of the proposal, but the North Americans concluded that the plan was going to meet the "national security" interests of the US, said the Pentagon.
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Pentagon endorses Australia submarine pact
The Pentagon said Thursday it has endorsed the tripartite AUKUS security pact with the United Kingdom and Australia, which would involve Canberra's acquisition of at least three Virginia-class nuclear submarines within 15 years.
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Leaning Left11Leaning Right20Center18Last UpdatedBias Distribution41% Right
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