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AUKUS is an imperialist military alliance between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States that was formed on 15 September, 2021.[1] The United States has about 50 military bases in Australia and plans to use Australia to launch an attack against the People's Republic of China.[2]
AUKUS aims to increase Australia's “…shared commitment to the international rules-based order…” by providing the country with technology to build nuclear submarines, cruise missiles and artifical intelligence.[1][3] The alliance also aims to further expand the intelligence community by “…[promoting] deeper information and technology sharing.”[3]
Since the formation of the alliance Australia has cancelled a major arms deal with Europe and retired another early, replacing both deals with the U.S. companies.[4][5]
Nuclear submarines[edit | edit source]
The development of AUKUS is a further escalation in the Asia-Pacific that will see the building of eight nuclear-powered submarines. The deal caused tensions in Australia-France relations as a 90 billion AUD contract for twelve conventional submarines from the French Naval Group was cancelled.[4] The cancellation of the deal still saw Australia pay 835 million AUD to France.[6] The alliance was also seen by France as losing influence over an ally for their own imperial conquests in the region.[6][7]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “On 15th September, the Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, announced the formation of AUKUS – the trilateral security pact for the Indo-Pacific region, between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States.”
Graham Holton (2021-10-11). "AUKUS is a direct threat to North Korea" The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2022-12-05. Retrieved 2023-02-04. - ↑ Hannah Middleton (2022-09-19). "“AUKUS is about US imperialism”" The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2022-09-18. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 “Through AUKUS, our governments will strengthen the ability of each to support our security and defense interests, building on our longstanding and ongoing bilateral ties. We will promote deeper information and technology sharing. We will foster deeper integration of security and defense-related science, technology, industrial bases, and supply chains. And in particular, we will significantly deepen cooperation on a range of security and defense capabilities.”
Jen Psaki (2021-09-15). "Joint Leaders Statement on AUKUS" The White House. Archived from the original on 2023-02-02. Retrieved 2023-02-04. - ↑ 4.0 4.1 “AUKUS is a military agreement between the US, the UK, and Australia which provides for Australia to gain access to weapons grade nuclear technology for the building of at least eight nuclear-powered submarines and the Australian government cancelling a contract with the French Naval Group for twelve conventional submarines.”
Anna Pha (2021-10-18). "AUKUS exposed: nuclear is back" The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2022-12-03. Retrieved 2023-02-04. - ↑ “The Australian Army will ditch its European-made Taipan helicopter fleet early, with Labor confirming they will be replaced by a multi-billion-dollar purchase of American-made Black Hawks.”
Andrew Greene, Brianna Morris-Grant (2023-01-17). "Australia to buy 40 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters from United States to replace troubled Taipan fleets" ABC News. Archived from the original on 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-02-04. - ↑ 6.0 6.1 “…the $835 million payment made by Australia for the cancellation of the submarine deal was crucial.”
Eglantine Staunton (2023-02-02). "France-Australia: Salving the wounds of AUKUS" Lowy Institute. Archived from the original on 2023-02-02. Retrieved 2023-02-04. - ↑ France’s Indo‑Pacific Strategy: 'Section Two ‑ France and the Indo‑Pacific, presence and influence; 2.3. Military and security presence' (2021) (French: La stratégie de la France dans l'Indopacifique) (pp. 23-26). [PDF] Paris: Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs.