AUKUS is now the core of Australia’s national security strategy, says Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
“AUKUS is about much more than nuclear submarines or even technological inter-operability,” Albanese told the National Press Club on Wednesday. “AUKUS is about the future.
“It further formalises the common values and the shared interest that our three nations have in preserving peace and upholding the rules and institutions that secure our region and our world,” he said.
In reference to the upcoming March announcement on how Australia will acquire nuclear-powered submarines under AUKUS, the prime minister called the move the “single biggest leap in our defence capability in our history.”…