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Australia’s $368 Billion AUKUS Bet in Doubt: With Nuclear Submarines Nowhere in Sight, Can B-2 Bombers Step In to Counter China?

More than four years after the AUKUS security pact was unveiled with fanfare, serious doubts are deepening in Australia over whether its most ambitious promise — nuclear-powered submarines — can ever be delivered as planned. While the United States and...
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Australia’s Strategic Bet: How AUKUS and Nuclear Submarines Are Recasting National Defense

Australia’s decision to embrace nuclear-powered submarines through the AUKUS agreement marks a profound transformation in its defense doctrine — one driven by the need for undersea dominance in a rapidly evolving Indo-Pacific security environment. It is a generational bet: costly,...
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AUKUS: Australia’s $368 Billion Gamble on Nuclear Submarines –A Catastrophe in Making?

The announcement of the AUKUS pact in September 2021 marked a significant shift in Australia’s strategic alignment. The decision to acquire eight nuclear-powered submarines, built locally in partnership with the United States and the United Kingdom, was touted as a...