Reaching an agreement in stages to help Australia to embracing nuclear submarines in t

(San Diego / Canberra Composite Electric) The United States, Australia and the United Kingdom reached an agreement to assist Australia to have nuclear -powered submarines in stages to counter the influence of China in the Pacific of India.

The United States, Australia and Britain on Monday (March 13) announced the details of the AUKUS security partnership (AUKUS) nuclear -powered submarine project, and assisted Australia to replace the current diesel power submarine with nuclear power submarines.The three parties agreed to sell nuclear power submarines to Australia, and then jointly developed and manufactured a new type of submarine by the Three Kingdoms.

According to a joint statement of the three parties, the United States will sell three Virginia -class nuclear submarines to Australia in the early 2030s, and two ships can be added if necessary.

The Three Kingdoms will jointly develop SSN-AUKUS-class submarines

The Three Kingdoms will eventually launch a new SSN-AUKUS-class submarine, adopt a new generation of British design and cutting-edge technologies in the United States, and produce in Britain and Australia.Britain will receive the first SSN-AUKUS submarine at the end of 2030, and Australia will receive the first ship in the early 1940s.These submarines will be built by British arms and aerospace company BAE SYSTEMS and Rolls Royce.

U.S. President Biden, Australian Prime Minister Albanis and British Prime Minister Sonak announced a tripartite agreement at the Naval Base in San Diego, California, USA on Monday.

This is another nuclear technology sharing with the allies since the United States has shared nuclear promotion technology with the British in the 1950s.

Biden said that this is one of the common commitments made by the United States and the two "most firm and capable allies" to promote the free opening of the Indo -Pacific region.He emphasized that these submarines are nuclear -powered submarines, not submarines equipped with nuclear weapons. The cooperation between the three parties is mainly to ensure the stability of the Indo -Pacific region, not to challenge any country.

Sonak said: "This means that the three submarine fleets will cooperate in the Atlantic and Pacific, and maintain the freedom of the ocean in the next decades."

Albanis said that this agreement has always been "the largest investment in Australian defense forces to strengthen Australian national security and stability."

Australian officials revealed that by 2055, the submarine plans to cost a total of $ 368 billion (about S $ 330.2 billion).

In addition, according to the agreement, the U.S. submarine will be deployed in Western Australia in 2027 to assist in training Australian soldiers and enhanced deterrence.U.S. officials revealed that four American submarines and a British submarine will be deployed.

The United States Assistant Secretary of State, the assistant Secretary of State, who is in charge of East Asia and Pacific Affairs, said on Tuesday that the United States had explained the content of the tripartite agreement to the Southeast Asian countries last week.

Australian Defense Minister Marce also said that the Australian government made more than 60 telephones to leaders of various countries including the Pacific and Southeast Asia last week to report the relevant agreement.

He said that Australia has also informed China's relevant nuclear submarine plans, but I do not know how it will react in Beijing.

China refers to the United States and Britain, Britain, and Australia, which will stimulate military reserve competitions to damage regional peace

Wang Wenbin, a spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that the actions of the United States and Britain, Australia, and Australia will only stimulate military reserve competitions, damage the international nuclear non -diffusion system, and harm regional peace and stability.

He emphasized in a routine press conference on Tuesday that China urged the Three Kingdoms to listen to the voices of the international community and regional countries, abandon the old cold war zero -thinking and narrow geopolitical concepts.What happened.

In recent years, Australia and the United States have continued to strengthen security relations to contrary to China's increasing influence in region.In September 2021, the United States, Australia and Britain established the AUKUS Security Alliance, and the United States and Britain showed to assist Australia to establish a nuclear submarine force.China has condemned the establishment of AUKUS as an illegal nuclear diffusion behavior.

Analysis pointed out that the US -Australian -British agreement highlights the increasing concern of the three countries' military forces in China, but it still has to wait for many years to use new submarines to compete for Beijing's expansion.

U.S. officials have previously mentioned that the Chinese PLA is preparing for the attack of Taiwan before 2027, and Australia will not receive the first nuclear submarine until the 1930s; this means that if China really has military operations, Australia will not be able to assist in the future.