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**** ANKUS agreement: US and UK will help Australia build nuclear-powered submarine fleet
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Anika Havey, owner of Folklore Cafe in Port Adelaide, where nuclear-powered submarines will be built (Australian Broadcasting)
The US, the UK and Australia have reached a new agreement called the
"AUKUS pact." The US will provide nuclear-power technology to
Australia, and Australia will build a fleet of nuclear-powered
submarines using the technology, with help from the US and UK. The
submarines will be nuclear-powered, but they will not be capable of
launching nuclear weapons. The intention is for eight nuclear-powered
submarines to be built in Adelaide.
The Aukus announcement did not mention China specifically. However,
it referred repeatedly to regional security concerns which they said
had "grown significantly."
Commenting on the agreement, UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said
China was "embarking on one of the biggest military spends in history.
It is growing its navy [and] air force at a huge rate. Obviously it is
engaged in some disputed areas. Our partners in those regions want to
be able to stand their own ground."
The agreement will also provide for industrial cooperation among the
United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom on other key
technologies, including artificial intelligence, cyber, and long-range
precision strike capabilities.
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**** Furious reaction from China
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According to China's Foreign Ministry:
<QUOTE>"The nuclear submarine cooperation between the US, the
UK and Australia has seriously undermined regional peace and
stability, intensified the arms race and undermined international
non-proliferation efforts. The export of highly sensitive nuclear
submarine technology to Australia by the US and the UK proves once
again that they are using nuclear exports as a tool for
geopolitical game and adopting double standards. This is extremely
irresponsible."<END QUOTE>
It's always really funny when the Chinese Communist sleazebags accuse
someone of undermining peace and stability, or of being irresponsible.
The Chinese Communists are emulating the Nazis by illegally annexing
the South China Sea, by threatening Taiwan, and by committing
genocide, rape, torture, and other atrocities against millions of
Uighurs.
What the Chinese sleazebags want is to take control of the entire
Indo-Pacific region, without any opposition. The Aukus agreement
is a clear challenge to China's illegal military threats.
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**** Furious reaction from France
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The Ankus agreement scraps an existing $90 billion deal that Australia
had with the French shipbuilding firm Naval Group. That agreement
would have had France provide non-nuclear submarine technology for
Australia's submarine fleet.
In an interview, France's furious Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian
said:
<QUOTE>"It's just not done between allies. It's a stab in the back.
This unilateral, brutal, unpredictable decision is very similar to
what Mr Trump used to do. ... We had established a relationship
of trust with Australia and this trust has been betrayed. This is
not the end of the story."<END QUOTE>
France's Defense Ministry added:
<QUOTE>"[Australia's decision] is contrary to the letter and
spirit of the cooperation that prevailed between France and
Australia, based on a relationship of political trust as well as
on the development of a very high-level defence industrial and
technological base in Australia. [Also,] the American choice to
exclude a European ally and partner from a structuring partnership
with Australia, at a time when we are facing unprecedented
challenges in the Indo-Pacific region, whether in terms of our
values or in terms of respect for multilateralism based on the
rule of law, shows a lack of coherence that France can only note
with regret."<END QUOTE>
As far as I can tell, France was going to sell Australia old,
out-of-date diesel-power technology for the new submarine fleet, while
the Aukus agreement sells new nuclear-power technology. I assume
that's the reason that Australia canceled the agreement with France
and went with the Aukus agreement.
Sources:
Related articles:
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Australia, United Kingdom, United States, AUKUS,
China, South China Sea, Taiwan, Uighurs,
France, Naval Group, Jean-Yves Le Drian
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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
- ANKUS agreement: US and UK will help Australia build nuclear-powered submarine fleet
- Furious reaction from China
- Furious reaction from France
****
**** ANKUS agreement: US and UK will help Australia build nuclear-powered submarine fleet
****
Anika Havey, owner of Folklore Cafe in Port Adelaide, where nuclear-powered submarines will be built (Australian Broadcasting)
The US, the UK and Australia have reached a new agreement called the
"AUKUS pact." The US will provide nuclear-power technology to
Australia, and Australia will build a fleet of nuclear-powered
submarines using the technology, with help from the US and UK. The
submarines will be nuclear-powered, but they will not be capable of
launching nuclear weapons. The intention is for eight nuclear-powered
submarines to be built in Adelaide.
The Aukus announcement did not mention China specifically. However,
it referred repeatedly to regional security concerns which they said
had "grown significantly."
Commenting on the agreement, UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said
China was "embarking on one of the biggest military spends in history.
It is growing its navy [and] air force at a huge rate. Obviously it is
engaged in some disputed areas. Our partners in those regions want to
be able to stand their own ground."
The agreement will also provide for industrial cooperation among the
United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom on other key
technologies, including artificial intelligence, cyber, and long-range
precision strike capabilities.
****
**** Furious reaction from China
****
According to China's Foreign Ministry:
<QUOTE>"The nuclear submarine cooperation between the US, the
UK and Australia has seriously undermined regional peace and
stability, intensified the arms race and undermined international
non-proliferation efforts. The export of highly sensitive nuclear
submarine technology to Australia by the US and the UK proves once
again that they are using nuclear exports as a tool for
geopolitical game and adopting double standards. This is extremely
irresponsible."<END QUOTE>
It's always really funny when the Chinese Communist sleazebags accuse
someone of undermining peace and stability, or of being irresponsible.
The Chinese Communists are emulating the Nazis by illegally annexing
the South China Sea, by threatening Taiwan, and by committing
genocide, rape, torture, and other atrocities against millions of
Uighurs.
What the Chinese sleazebags want is to take control of the entire
Indo-Pacific region, without any opposition. The Aukus agreement
is a clear challenge to China's illegal military threats.
****
**** Furious reaction from France
****
The Ankus agreement scraps an existing $90 billion deal that Australia
had with the French shipbuilding firm Naval Group. That agreement
would have had France provide non-nuclear submarine technology for
Australia's submarine fleet.
In an interview, France's furious Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian
said:
<QUOTE>"It's just not done between allies. It's a stab in the back.
This unilateral, brutal, unpredictable decision is very similar to
what Mr Trump used to do. ... We had established a relationship
of trust with Australia and this trust has been betrayed. This is
not the end of the story."<END QUOTE>
France's Defense Ministry added:
<QUOTE>"[Australia's decision] is contrary to the letter and
spirit of the cooperation that prevailed between France and
Australia, based on a relationship of political trust as well as
on the development of a very high-level defence industrial and
technological base in Australia. [Also,] the American choice to
exclude a European ally and partner from a structuring partnership
with Australia, at a time when we are facing unprecedented
challenges in the Indo-Pacific region, whether in terms of our
values or in terms of respect for multilateralism based on the
rule of law, shows a lack of coherence that France can only note
with regret."<END QUOTE>
As far as I can tell, France was going to sell Australia old,
out-of-date diesel-power technology for the new submarine fleet, while
the Aukus agreement sells new nuclear-power technology. I assume
that's the reason that Australia canceled the agreement with France
and went with the Aukus agreement.
Sources:
- Aukus: UK, US and Australia launch pact to counter China (BBC, 16-Sep-2021)
- 'Stab in the back': France blasts new UK-US-Australia security pact in Indo-Pacific Access to the comments Comments (Euro News, 16-Sep-2021)
- Experts React: The US, UK, and Australia struck a nuclear submarine deal. What does it mean? (Atlantic Council, 15-Sep-2021)
- US, UK and Australia agree new Indo-Pacific security pact (Al-Jazeera, 15-Sep-2021)
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian's Regular Press Conference on September 16, 2021 (Foreign Ministry, China, 16-Sep-2021)
- ‘Stab in the back’: French fury as Australia scraps submarine deal (Guardian, London, 16-Sep-2021)
- Australia beefs up international defence in US, UK pact as Scott Morrison declares ‘this affects us all’ (Australian AP, 16-Sep-2021)
- Adelaide residents react to nuclear submarine move after Naval Group deal scuttled (Australian Broadcasting, 16-Sep-2021)
Related articles:
- China escalates hostility with Australia through threatened coal ban (16-Dec-2020)
- Australia-China relations become more toxic through boycotts and accusations (28-Nov-2020)
- Trove of leaked China documents detail jailing of Xinjiang's Muslim Uighurs (18-Nov-2019)
- Hitler's Force Labor System, 1939-1945 (31-Jul-2019)
- Australia passes foreign influence laws, targeting China (29-Jun-2018)
- Australia-China relations in crisis after revelation of Chinese bribery scandal (24-May-2018)
- New book documents extensive Chinese infiltration into Australia's organizations (26-Feb-2018)
- Concerns grow over China's covert infiltration into New Zealand's government (16-Feb-2018)
- China-Australia relations plummet over China's illegal militarization of South China Sea (16-Dec-2017)
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Australia, United Kingdom, United States, AUKUS,
China, South China Sea, Taiwan, Uighurs,
France, Naval Group, Jean-Yves Le Drian
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