Australia Eyes Long-Range Strike Power Boost with $12bn Nuke Sub Hub Amid China's Pacific Threat |4K

Australia will spend an initial Aus$12 billion (US$8 billion) to upgrade shipyard facilities for a future fleet of nuclear-powered submarines, the government said on Sept. 14 The investment is to be spent over a decade to transform a shipbuilding and maintenance precinct in Perth, Western Australia, Defence Minister Richard Marles saidThe government is investing in Perth's Henderson Defence Precinct under the 2021 AUKUS deal with US and Britain to equip its navy with nuclear-powered submarines n18oc_world n18oc_crux

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Australia Eyes Long-Range Strike Power Boost with $12bn Nuke Sub Hub Amid China's Pacific Threat |4K