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US to Transfer Used Nuclear Submarines to Australia Under Revised AUKUS Deal

US to Transfer Used Nuclear Submarines to Australia Under Revised AUKUS Deal

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Australia and the United States announced on Saturday that they will streamline the AUKUS agreement, eliminating the acquisition of new nuclear‑powered submarines. The original 2021 deal had provisioned that Australia would receive at least three Virginia‑class submarines from the United States within 15 years.

Richard Marles
Labour Party
1. This approach would enable Australia to acquire three in-service VCS in lieu of a mixture of new and in-service VCS variants.
2. The deputy prime minister and secretaries welcomed the proposed approach to streamline Australia's acquisition of Virginia-class submarines (VCS), simplifying supply chain management, operational and maintenance requirements, and maximizing cost efficiencies.
3. It is definitely cost-effective. And to be clear, this is a very expensive programme... and so we are trying to find every cost-effective option as we walk down this path.
4. I cannot overstate the significance of that, both in terms of the submariners who are operating them, but also the people who are working on them to sustain those submarines.
5. In the context of a very complicated endeavour, we need to place a premium on simplicity.

US to Transfer Used Nuclear Submarines to Australia Under Revised AUKUS Deal

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