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Brian Ross Moderator Offline Representative of me Posts: 44327	Re: AUKUS Reply #120 - Feb 13^th, 2025 at 12:18pm US Prioritizes Delivery of Virginia-class Nuclear Submarines to Australia Under AUKUS Pact.
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Belgarion Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 5681 Gender:	Re: AUKUS Reply #121 - Feb 13^th, 2025 at 7:55pm Brian Ross wrote on Feb 13^th, 2025 at 12:18pm: US Prioritizes Delivery of Virginia-class Nuclear Submarines to Australia Under AUKUS Pact. Indeed, the people who first put it together ensured that AUKUS has a life of its own independent of any political changes in the three participating countries.
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Brian Ross Moderator Offline Representative of me Posts: 44327	Re: AUKUS Reply #122 - Feb 14^th, 2025 at 9:14pm Congressional analysis lays bare AUKUS challenges as Australia looks to arm future submarines with hypersonics
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Brian Ross Moderator Offline Representative of me Posts: 44327	Re: AUKUS Reply #123 - Feb 19^th, 2025 at 4:11pm Trumped: $9B to US and UK shipyards … but why not make Australia make again
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Brian Ross Moderator Offline Representative of me Posts: 44327	Re: AUKUS Reply #124 - Mar 9^th, 2025 at 3:46pm Trump pick for Pentagon says selling submarines to Australia would be ‘crazy’ if Taiwan tensions flare
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Reply #125 - Mar 9^th, 2025 at 4:05pm

During a press conference at the Oval Office on Thursday, the US president was asked whether he intended to discuss the AUKUS alliance in his meeting with visiting British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

"What does that mean?" Mr Trump responded, seemingly puzzled by the reference.

"AUKUS — the Australia-US defence alliance," the reporter explained.

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Reply #126 - Mar 10^th, 2025 at 9:52pm

Brian Ross wrote on Mar 9^th, 2025 at 3:46pm:

Trump pick for Pentagon says selling submarines to Australia would be ‘crazy’ if Taiwan tensions flare Shocked

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Under an alternative proposed in the paper, the US would not sell any submarines to Australia; instead, it would sail its own submarines, under US command, out of Australian bases.

“Up to eight additional Virginia-class SSNs would be built and, instead of three to five of them being sold to Australia, these additional boats would instead be retained in US navy service and operated out of Australia along with the five US and UK submarines that are already planned to be operated out of Australia.”

The paper argued that Australia, rather than spending money to buy, build and sail its own nuclear-powered submarines, would instead invest that money in other military capabilities – long-range missiles, drones, or bombers

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Brian Ross Moderator Offline Representative of me Posts: 44327	Re: AUKUS Reply #127 - Mar 13^th, 2025 at 11:30am Federal politics live: AUKUS submarine deal 'not a favour' to bargain with on tariffs, Anthony Albanese says
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Brian Ross Moderator Offline Representative of me Posts: 44327	Re: AUKUS Reply #128 - Mar 16^th, 2025 at 11:59am Greens leader Adam Bandt says Australia should walk away from AUKUS in wake of Trump's tariffs
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Brian Ross Moderator Offline Representative of me Posts: 44327	Re: AUKUS Reply #129 - Mar 18^th, 2025 at 8:30pm Visiting nuclear sub commander says US will 'follow through' on AUKUS
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Daves2017 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 2126 Gender:	Re: AUKUS Reply #130 - Mar 18^th, 2025 at 9:40pm It’s with trepidation I agree now. The money wasted on the failed French deal should be put under greater scrutiny.
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Brian Ross Moderator Offline Representative of me Posts: 44327	Re: AUKUS Reply #131 - Mar 19^th, 2025 at 11:47am Daves2017 wrote on Mar 18^th, 2025 at 9:40pm: It’s with trepidation I agree now. The money wasted on the failed French deal should be put under greater scrutiny. Scumo won't like that. Nor more than likely will Turnball. Tsk, tsk, tsk...
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Reply #132 - Mar 20^th, 2025 at 7:00am

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Bob Carr says Aukus a ‘colossal surrender of sovereignty’ if submarines do not arrive under Australian control

Former foreign minister says it is ‘inevitable’ US won’t supply nuclear-powered submarines under Aukus

Bob Carr says Aukus a ‘colossal surrender of sovereignty’ if submarines do not arrive under Australian control
Former foreign minister says it is ‘inevitable’ US won’t supply nuclear-powered submarines under Aukus

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Australia faces a “colossal surrender of sovereignty” if promised US nuclear-powered submarines do not arrive under Australian control, former foreign affairs minister Bob Carr has said, arguing the US is “utterly not a reliable ally” to Australia.

“It’s inevitable we’re not getting them,” Carr told the Guardian, ahead of the release of a report from Australians for War Powers Reform that argues the multibillion-dollar Aukus deal had been imposed upon Australia without sufficient public or parliamentary scrutiny.

“The evidence is mounting that we’re not going to get Virginia-class subs from the United States,” Carr said, “for the simple reason they’re not building enough for their own needs and will not, in the early 2030s, be peeling off subs from their own navy to sell to us.”

Under “pillar one” of the planned Aukus arrangement, it is proposed the US would sell Australia between three and five of its Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarines in the early 2030s before the Aukus-class submarines were built, first in the UK, then in Australia.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/19/bob-carr-aukus-submarine-...

Time to cancel the deal!

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Sir Eoin O Fada Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 2804 New England, NSW Gender:	Re: AUKUS Reply #133 - Apr 2^nd, 2025 at 4:35pm Former foreign minister says it is ‘inevitable’ US won’t supply nuclear-powered submarines under Aukus. Of course it’s inevitable, they are not nuclear powered, they are powered by steam engines just as all other steam ships are.
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Brian Ross Moderator Offline Representative of me Posts: 44327	Re: AUKUS Reply #134 - Apr 4^th, 2025 at 9:29pm UK's AUKUS inquiry is unlikely to suggest the government pull out, expert says
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