Australia will spend an initial $8 billion to upgrade its shipyard facilities for a future fleet of nuclear-powered submarines, the government announced on Sunday. The investment is to be spent over a decade to transform […]
A leading American think tank has urged Australia to provide the US with “concrete” pledges on how it would deploy nuclear-powered submarines if conflict breaks out. The report by the Centre for Strategic and International […]
As reported by Hankyoreh on July 18, 2025, Cho Hyun, nominee for South Korea’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, stated during a confirmation hearing that he would seek to amend the U.S.–ROK 123 Agreement to allow […]
Donald Trump has ordered two nuclear submarines to be moved closer to Russia following “highly provocative statements” by the nation’s ex-President. The US President has called on two teams to return to their original names. […]
The governments of Australia and the United Kingdom signed the landmark Geelong Treaty, a 50-year defense cooperation agreement that anchors the construction, operation, and long-term sustainment of the next-generation SSN-AUKUS class of nuclear-powered attack submarines. […]
Britain will invest over $8.13 billion in its submarine building capacity, supporting firms like defence group BAE Systems and engineering multinational Rolls-Royce, the finance minister, Rachel Reeves, is set to announce on Tuesday. Responding to […]
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has launched a formal review of former President Joe Biden’s AUKUS defense pact with Australia and Britain to allow Australia to acquire nuclear-powered submarines, a U.S. defense official said. Australia, […]
For more than a century, Australia has followed the same defence policy: dependence on a great power, first the United Kingdom and then the United States. Without properly considering other options, successive federal governments have […]
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Arms company H&B Defence has been selected to identify Australian companies that can support the supply chain for the country’s submarine and aircraft carrier program with the UK and the US. The firm will evaluate […]
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