Abstract
The announcement of the Australia-United Kingdom-United States (‘AUKUS’) Partnership on 15 September 2021 came as a surprise to most people, even close watchers of defence developments in the three states involved. Details provided at the time of the announcement were scant and focused predominantly on the controversial decision for Australia to discontinue its existing submarine program with the French Naval group in favour of building nuclear-powered submarines with the assistance of US and UK. Media coverage overlooked the broader benefits of the partnership to focus on the fallout of the consequential rift between Australia and France and the question of how Australia could rapidly develop the requisite expertise in nuclear power
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Regional Commentary: The Foundations of Australia's Space Policy |
| Editors | Tristan Moss |
| Place of Publication | Queensland, Australia |
| Publisher | Griffith Asia Institute |
| Chapter | 8 |
| Pages | 82-90 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Publication status | Published - 2023 |
Keywords
- space activities
- AUKUS
- Defence
- Australia