The U.S., Australia and the U.K. plan to turn up the heat on China with a deal to be unveiled on Wednesday for an Australian nuclear submarine using American and British technology, according to Australian media.
President Biden is expected to announce a new agreement to share defense technology with his two allies as part of an effort to push aback against the rise of China.
He is due to deliver remarks at 5pm on a 'national security initiative,' but the White House offered no further details.
A working group, known by the acronym AUKUS, will allow the three allies to share information in technological areas such as artificial intelligence, cyber, underwater systems and long-range strike capabilities, according to Politico, citing a White House official and congressional staffer.
Both characterized the plan as a move to counter China's rise in the technology and military sectors.
And Australia's ABC News said it understood Australia would use American and British technology to replace its existing Collins class submarines with a type more suitable to the deteriorating strategic environment - ripping up an existing deal with France.
President Biden is due to deliver remarks on 5pm on 'a national security initiative,' but the White House has not released further details
US Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 flying F-35B Lightning II's conduct routine operations aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth while she conducts a double replenishment with RFA Tidespring and HNLMS Evertsen in the South China Sea on 29 July, 2021
Biden will expected to announce a security technology sharing group with Australia, led by Prime Minster Scott Morrison, and Britain, led by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, on Wednesday, according to a report by Politico
It is one of a string of initiatives designed to demonstrate Washington's global role after the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Biden will next week host his first in-person summit of leaders of the Quad nations — made up of Australia, India, Japan and the United States — which have been coordinating against China's growing reach.
'Hosting the leaders of the Quad demonstrates the Biden-Harris administration's priority of engaging in the Indo-Pacific, including through new multilateral configurations to meet the challenges of the 21st century, said Press Secretary Jen Psaki as she announced the September 24 summit in a statement.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Indian Prime
