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Does the USA necessarily need to weaken NATO ties at the expense of AUKUS ties?
by gabesullice 2y ago
Does the USA necessarily need to weaken NATO ties at the expense of AUKUS ties?
- yau8edq12i 2y agoThe Australian submarine deal suggests so, yes.
- aldonius 2y agoAs an Australian - fuck me sideways, that was a shitshow on every possible level (and it's barely begun)
- rswail 2y agoThe US is going to be providing a sealed nuclear reactor to the UK/AU submarine development. It already shares that nuclear technology with the UK and CA, this is an extension to AU.
- yau8edq12i 2y agoOkay? Not really what we're talking about though. https://www.npr.org/2021/09/19/1038746061/submarine-deal-us-uk-australia-france https://www.npr.org/2021/09/19/1038746061/submarine-deal-us-... Of course, Australia found out they got the raw end of the deal a couple of years later: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/15/australia-may-only-build-three-of-eight-aukus-nuclear-powered-submarines-locally https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/15/australia-may-...