Pentagon review reportedly confirms Aukus submarines pact is safe | Aukus

The AUKUS submarine agreement will continue as planned after surviving in the Pentagon’s security agreement.

Japan -based Nikkei Asia reported The Trump administration will maintain its original timeline for the $ 368 billion program that sells Virginia -class nuclear -energy submarine to Australia from 2032 onwards.

A US war department official does not approve the report when he is contacted by Guardian Australia.

The authority, “AUKUS initiative is still being examined. Currently we do not have aukus updates to announce,” he said.

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Prime Minister Anthony Arbanese acknowledged that the investigation was still continuing, but he was sure that Aukus supported the US and Britain’s support.

“We know that Aukus is for the interests of the Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, Albania said Albania, the last stop on a overseas journey to two Aukus allies from Abu Dhabi.

“It’s about a partnership in the interest of three countries that will make peace and safety much stronger in our region.”

Nikkei Asia reported that the investigation would be completed on October 20 before the first face -to -face meeting with Donald Trump in the USA.

The future of AUKUS has been under a cloud since Pentagon started a assessment of the agreement to determine whether Trump was compatible with the “America’s first” agenda.

The investigation was carried out by the US under the Secretary of Elbridge Colby, previously owned. suspiciousness About any agreement that may weaken the US navy.

One of the most important concerns about AUKUS in the United States is the capacity to recover nuclear energy submarines to sell it to Australia because it struggles to build enough for its needs.

There is also a speculation that the US wants to clarify how it reacts in a potential China-China war on Taiwan from Australia.

The Federal government has delivered to the US over $ 1.6 billion to support the shipbuilding capacity of the United States, and in the early 2030s, with the delivery of the first Virginia class submarines to Australia, depending on the production of USA.

The Australian government has never explained his concerns about the Pentagonal investigation, arguing that Britain’s investigation was a standard procedure, just as Britain did after a government amendment.

In the early hours of Tuesday, Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles would not prevent the outcome of the Pentagon examination, but again expressed his confidence that the agreement was safe.

Prime Minister Abc Melbourne’a Tuesday morning “Aukus is happening – this is not the case,” he said.

“We are very confident about the agreement, and as we said that we welcome this review and we will join it, we say to the end,” Marles said on Tuesday.

“I said that Aukus is going well many times; Aukus is at a speed; he meets all the milestones that must meet, and we are sure that Australia is the way to acquire the future submarine ability.”

The US also forces Australia to raise its general defense expenditures to 3.5% of GDP, rising from the currently 2% level.

Albania clearly resisted the pressure that insisted on determining the nature and volume of Australia’s military expenditures.

The Federal government committed a few new defense spending, including 12 billion dollars to raise a Western Australian shipyard to be used by AUKUS submarines.

Albania and Marles have confirmed that the US Navy can use the Henderson defense zone to pure and maintain its ships.