AUKUS plan unveiled: Australia to spend $368billion in nuclear submarine program trends now
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Australia will spend more than $368billion on a historic nuclear submarine program with the United States as China retaliated with a chilling warning.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the massive budget as he unveiled the AUKUS plan alongside US President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in San Diego on Tuesday.
Australia will command a fleet of eight nuclear-powered submarines within the next three decades under a fast-tracked plan to deter Chinese aggression in the Indo-Pacific.
The announcement came as Chinese president Xi Jinping promised swift retaliation to the deal at the National People’s Congress on Monday.
Australia will spend more than $368billion on a historic nuclear submarine program with the United States as China retaliated with a chilling warning
Mr Xi Jinping said his country would strengthen its military to create a 'great wall of steel', labelled security the 'bedrock of development' and accused Western colonial
