US, UK and Australia forge military alliance to counter China
by Julian Borger in Washington and Dan Sabbagh Defenc from World news | The Guardian on (#5PK8X)
Aukus partnership will enable Australia to have nuclear-powered submarines for the first time
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The US, UK and Australia are setting up a trilateral security partnership aimed at confronting China, which will include helping Australia to build nuclear-powered submarines.
The initiative, called Aukus, was announced jointly by US president Joe Biden and prime ministers Boris Johnson and Scott Morrison, joined virtually by videoconference. They presented it as the next critical step in an old alliance.
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