Australia Buys First British Nuclear Reactor Parts For ‘AUKUS’ Alliance Attack Submarines

AFP — Australia has paid for the first British-built parts of nuclear reactors to power a future SSN-AUKUS stealth submarine, the government said Tuesday.

Australia plans to acquire a fleet of cutting-edge, nuclear-powered submarines under AUKUS, a multi-decade defence pact with Britain and the United States.

As part of the deal, Australia will build some of the new class of SSN-AUKUS submarines for delivery in the early 2040s, though the reactors will still be built in Britain.

“We’ve just spent Aus$310 million ($220 million) acquiring the very first parts that will go into the reactors for the first two submarines that we will construct in…

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