Nuclear Submarines to Be Australia’s ‘Moonshot’ Moment

The acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines by Australia has been called a “successful” deal. “moonshot” moment, with the technology to support defense capability for decades to follow.

To replace the Collins-class conventionally powered Collins-class submarines, the Royal Australian Navy will purchase at least eight nuclear boats.

Within weeks, the details of Australia’s largest defense deal will be revealed.

Arthur Sinodinos, outgoing ambassador to Washington, stated that the AUKUS alliance between Australia and the US showed Canberra was serious in engaging with allies.

“For Australia, this is a moonshot. This is a whole-of-nation effort,” Sinodinos spoke at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies.

“We’re about to stand up and put our money where our mouth is in a huge way.”

Sinodinos claimed that Australia and the US have become more cooperative in advanced and nuclear technology cooperation. “a state of mind”.

“People will see the habits of co-operation, sharing information, interchangeable industrial bases, are going to be a very substantial long-term benefit,” Sinodinos said.

“The very fact the Americans are prepared to share their crown jewels with us implies there will have to be progress on the seamless transfer of technology.”

Australia had promised Britain and the United States that they would keep their military secrets secret, which was crucial for the signing of the deal, according to Richard Marles, Defence Minister.

“It does involve a really significant hardening of security in a physical sense with buildings and fences and the like, but also in an IT sense, around the information which goes with that,” Marles said.

“There is a high degree of confidence within both the United States and the United Kingdom about Australia’s ability to do that.”

Scott Morrison was an ex-prime minister who helped negotiate the AUKUS alliance.

“We were going for the synergy outcome here and what that meant was we wanted more, in total, between all three countries,” Morrison spoke on the Meridian100 podcast.

“More nuclear-powered submarines built, not the same amount just moved around.”

This report was contributed to by Reuters