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Pearls and Irritations · Australia · AUKUS ministers settle Australia on three in-service Virginia-class submarines
Argues the shift to second-hand Virginia-class boats exposes AUKUS as serving US force posture more than Australian sovereignty, questioning capability, cost and the strategic logic of the deal.
“The Virginia-class submarine deal exposes the real purpose of AUKUS.”