The leaders of the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom are poised to gather next Monday to announce the plan for supplying Australia with nuclear submarines.
While any presidential schedule can shift on a dime, the Financial Times reports that March 13 is the target date to gather President Joe Biden and Prime Ministers Anthony Albanese and Rushi Sunak in person for the announcement.
It is expected details of the nuclear and shipbuilding technologies that will contribute to Australia’s home-built nuclear attack submarines will be made clear.
Breaking Defense has been told they will make the announcement in San Diego.
The March 13 date had been percolating as rumor for several days which is fitting for AUKUS, an agreement that has been surrounded in rumors and political back-and-forth since almost its announcement in September 2021.
The biggest questions to be answered: what the Aussie subs may look like and what, if any, stopgap measure the Lucky Country will have to deal with an possible “sub gap.”
There is a growing expectation that it will involve British nuclear reactors paired with US-made boats; there is widespread agreement that Lockheed Martin’s combat system, in use on the majority of American subs, will be featured on the Australian option.
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