U.S. To Sell Nuclear-Powered Subs To Australia; China Responds With Harsh Warning

The U.S. will offer three to five nuclear-powered submarines. Australia President began in the 2030s. Joe Biden On Monday, prompting China America and its allies will be warned immediately.

Biden announced the news at Naval Base Point Loma, San Diego, as part of AUKUS Partnership with Rishi Sunak, the British Prime Minister, and Anthony Albanese the Australian Prime Minister. This deal is the first time that the U.S. has shared nuclear submarine technology since 1959, Fox News reports. reported. 

“Our unprecedented trilateral cooperation … is testament to the strength of the longstanding ties that unite us and to our shared commitment of ensuring the Indo-Pacific remains free and open, prosperous and secure, defined by opportunity for all — a shared commitment to create a future rooted in our common values,” Biden . 

The president clarified that submarines heading to Australia would be going as planned. “nuclear-powered, not nuclear-armed.” China, however, attacked the three countries and claimed that the agreement could be in breach of the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. 

“The latest joint statement issued by the U.S., U.K., and Australia shows that the three countries have gone further down the wrong and dangerous path for their own geopolitical self-interest, completely ignoring the concerns of the international community,” China spokesperson Wang Wenbin spoke Tuesday 

In the agreement, the United States and the United Kingdom will send subs from the United Kingdom to Australian ports to allow Australian sailors to get American and British nuclear propulsion technology. According POLITICO. Australian sailors have now learned how to use the technology. The country will purchase three submarines with nuclear engines from the U.S., with the possibility of purchasing two additional. 

Australia’s submarines will significantly improve its naval capabilities as Beijing, its rival, threatens expansion and influence in Australia. Taiwan Above and Beyond. Albanese, Prime Minister, announced the plan “is a genuine trilateral undertaking. All three nations stand ready to contribute and all three nations stand ready to benefit.”

Biden, in his Monday address, stated that China wouldn’t view the deal to be an act of aggression and promised that he would soon discuss the plan the Chinese President Xi Jinping. 

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