SSN-AUKUS

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...
SSN-AUKUS Submarine

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...