{"id":15704,"date":"2026-02-15T07:35:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T07:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/canberra-invests-billions-in-aukus-submarine-yard-amid-china-tensions\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T07:35:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T07:35:21","slug":"canberra-invests-billions-in-aukus-submarine-yard-amid-china-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/canberra-invests-billions-in-aukus-submarine-yard-amid-china-tensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Canberra invests billions in AUKUS submarine yard amid China tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SYDNEY, Feb 15 — Australia unveiled AU$3.9 billion (US$2.8 billion) in spending today as a “down payment” on a new facility to build nuclear submarines under the tripartite AUKUS security pact with Britain and the United States.<\/p>\n

The AUKUS pact aims to arm Australia with a fleet of cutting-edge submarines from the United States and would provide for cooperation in developing an array of warfare technologies.<\/p>\n

The submarines, the sale of which will begin in 2032, lie at the heart of Australia’s strategy of improving its long-range strike capabilities in the Pacific, particularly against China.<\/p>\n

The deal could cost Canberra up to US$235 billion over the next 30 years, and also includes the technology to build its own vessels in the future.<\/p>\n

Defence minister Richard Marles said the facility in Osborne, near the southern city of Adelaide, would be at the heart of that.<\/p>\n

In the long term, an estimated AU$30 billion is expected to be spent on the facility.<\/p>\n

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“The transformation underway at Osborne shows Australia is on track to deliver the sovereign capability to build our nuclear-powered submarines for decades to come,” he said.<\/p>\n

The investment in the Submarine Construction Yard “is critical to delivering Australia’s conventionally-armed, nuclear-powered submarines”, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in a statement.<\/p>\n

“We are accelerating AUKUS opportunities to secure Australia’s future defence capability and create lasting prosperity and jobs for the state,” he added.<\/p>\n

In September, Canberra also revealed a US$8 billion investment to be spent over a decade to transform a shipbuilding and maintenance precinct in Perth, Western Australia, into facilities for a future fleet of nuclear-powered submarines.<\/p>\n

Australia had a major bust-up with France in 2021 when it cancelled a multi-billion-dollar deal to buy a fleet of diesel-powered submarines from Paris and went with the AUKUS programme instead.<\/p>\n

The pact was thrown into doubt last June when Washington said it was launching a review into whether it aligned with President Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda.<\/p>\n

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In December, the Pentagon said it had cleared that hurdle and that Trump had ordered it “full steam ahead”. — AFP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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SYDNEY, Feb 15 — Australia unveiled AU$3.9 billion (US$2.8 billion) in spending today as a “down payment” on a new facility to build nuclear submarines under the tripartite AUKUS security pact with Britain and the United States. The AUKUS pact aims to arm Australia with a fleet of cutting-edge submarines from the United States and would…<\/p>\n

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