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The carefully staged AUKUS plan to provide Australia with nuclear-powered submarines (SSNs) will build increased deterrence as each phase is completed, says former Royal Australian Navy chief Tim Barrett. ‘I think the…

The Albanese government has thrown their support behind building Australia’s first military base in three decades on the east coast. A part of the AUKUS security pact with the US…

SSN-AUKUS is a fleet of conventionally-armed, nuclear-powered submarines (SSN) to be built for the UK and Australian navies, as part of the Australia-UK-US (AUKUS) trilateral agreement signed in September 2021.…

A group of former leaders of Pacific island nations have condemned the AUKUS security pact saying it is “bringing war much closer to home” and goes against the Blue Pacific…

BERLIN — Germany began winding down its three remaining nuclear power plants Saturday as part of a long-planned transition toward renewable energy, drawing cheers from environmentalists who campaigned for the…

Australia will receive conventionally-armed, nuclear-powered submarines under an agreement announced following a Monday meeting of the leaders of the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia. U.S. President Joe Biden,…

Amid “concerns” about the growing threat from China, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will head to the United States on Sunday to finalize details of a submarine deal aimed at…

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday that South Australia state would be a “big beneficiary” of the landmark AUKUS defence pact, which is expected to see Australia buy…

Concerns over joint-crewing on Australia’s future nuclear-powered submarines are “over-hyped” with the AUKUS partnership to be “transformational” for the nation’s workers. US Congressman Joe Courtney, co-chair of Washington’s “AUKUS Caucus”…

Australia will need 20,000 more workers to build a new submarine fleet and transform the nation’s defence over the next three decades under forecasts to be revealed within days as…