Recommended Citation
Chapman, Bert, "The Australia, United Kingdom, United States (AUKUS) Nuclear Submarine Agreement: Potential Implications" (2022). FORCES Initiative: Strategy, Security, and Social Systems. Paper 4.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/forces/4
Date of this Version
4-1-2022
Keywords
Australia, UK, USA, China, nuclear weapons, submarine, strategy, defense
Abstract
The AUKUS Nuclear Submarine Agreement seeks to enhance multinational deterrence against Chinese geopolitical assertiveness by giving Australia nuclear powered submarines.
▶ This agreement will pose considerable cost and technical challenges for the Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
▶ Estimates of when Australia will be able to deploy nuclear submarines range from 2030-2040.
▶ The U.S. and its allies will have to make challenging decisions about where to build AUKUS in Australia.
▶ There is debate as to whether efforts to deter China in the Asia-Pacific should include non-Anglosphere countries in that region.
▶ Consideration should be given as to how China will respond to AUKUS and whether this response will include Beijing increasing security cooperation with North Korea and Russia.
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