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Australia AUKUS deal faces backlash as Shoebridge criticises nuclear submarines urging balanced China relations amid Indo Pacific tensions

Greens senator David Shoebridge has raised doubts over whether China would seek to shut key maritime trade routes with Australia, while warning against what he described as a strategic “warpath with Washington”, as debate intensifies over the future of the...
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Australia shortchanged in AUKUS submarine deal in what critics are calling a straightforward ‘bait and switch’ by Washington

A quiet change announced at a Singapore security conference has swapped Australia's promised cutting-edge submarine for an older, less capable vessel — and Canberra barely blinked. At a security conference in Singapore over the weekend, the three AUKUS partners —...
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Australia’s AUKUS Submarine Project Faces “High Probability” of Collapse Due to UK Industrial and Personnel Shortages

 A retired British Rear Admiral has raised serious doubts over the United Kingdom’s ability to deliver nuclear-powered submarines to Australia under the AUKUS defence pact, warning that the program faces a “high probability” of failure. Under AUKUS, Australia aims to...
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AUKUS Submarine: US Congress Report Warns of ‘Too Big to Fail’ Mentality, Potential Cost Overruns

The AUKUS trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom has been hailed as a significant step in bolstering security in the Indo-Pacific region. Announced in 2021, the pact's flagship initiative is Australia's acquisition of nuclear-powered...