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Ladybbird · 16-09-21, 11:07

AUKUS: UK, Australia and US Launch Pact to Counter China

The UK, Australia and US have announced a historic security pact in the Asia-Pacific, in what's seen as an effort to counter China.

BBC News 16 SEP 2021.

It will let Australia build nuclear-powered submarines for the first time, using technology provided by the US.

The Aukus pact, which will also cover AI and other technologies, is one of the countries' biggest defence partnerships in decades, analysts say.

China has condemned the agreement as "extremely irresponsible".

It has also created a row with France, which has now lost a deal with Australia to build 12 submarines.

Foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said it "seriously undermines regional peace and stability and intensifies the arms race".

China's embassy in Washington accused the countries of a "Cold War mentality and ideological prejudice".

The pact also created a row with France, which has now lost a deal with Australia to build 12 submarines.

"It's really a stab in the back," France's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told France Info radio.

The new partnership was announced in a joint virtual press conference between US President Joe Biden, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison on Wednesday.

And while China was not mentioned directly, the three leaders referred repeatedly to regional security concerns which they said had "grown significantly".

Speaking to the BBC, UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said China was "embarking on one of the biggest military spends in history".

"It is growing its navy [and] air force at a huge rate. Obviously it is engaged in some disputed areas," he said. "Our partners in those regions want to be able to stand their own ground."

In recent years, Beijing has been accused of raising tensions in disputed territories such as the South China Sea.

On Thursday, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the pact would "preserve security and stability around the world" and generate "hundreds of high-skilled jobs".

He also said the relationship with France was "rock solid".

The Aukus alliance is probably the most significant security arrangement between the three nations since World War Two, analysts say.

The pact will focus on military capability, separating it from the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance which also includes New Zealand and Canada.

While Australia's submarines is the big-ticket item, Aukus will also involve the sharing of cyber capabilities and other undersea technologies.

"This is an historic opportunity for the three nations, with like-minded allies and partners, to protect shared values and promote security and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region," the joint statement read.

"This really shows that all three nations are drawing a line in the sand to start and counter [China's] aggressive moves in the Indo-Pacific," said Guy Boekenstein from the Asia Society Australia.

France's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said trust with Australia "had been betrayed"

Western nations have been wary of China's infrastructure investment on Pacific islands, and have also criticised China's trade sanctions against countries like Australia.

Australia had in the past maintained good relations with China, its biggest trading partner. But the relationship has broken down in recent years amid political tensions.

But there is tension now too with France, after Australia tore up the A$50bn (€31bn; £27bn) deal to build 12 submarines.

"We had established a relationship of trust with Australia, this trust has been betrayed," Mr Le Drian said.

Why nuclear-powered submarines?

These submarines are much faster and harder to detect than conventionally powered fleets. They can stay submerged for months, shoot missiles longer distances and also carry more.

Having them stationed in Australia is critical to US influence in the region, analysts say.

The US is sharing its submarine technology for the first time in 50 years. It had previously only shared technology with the UK.

Australia will become just the seventh nation in the world to operate nuclear-powered submarines, after the US, UK, France, China, India and Russia.

Australia has reaffirmed it has no intention of obtaining nuclear weapons.

Meanwhile New Zealand said it would ban Australia's submarines from its waters, in line with an existing policy on the presence of nuclear-powered submarines.

New Zealand, although a Five Eyes member, has been more cautious in aligning with either the US or China in the Pacific.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said her nation had not been approached to join the pact.

Ladybbird · 17-09-21, 08:56

AUKUS: UK and US Face Global Backlash Over Australia Defence Deal

The UK and US are facing growing international criticism over a new security pact signed with Australia

BBC News 17 SEP 2021.

China has strongly criticised a new defence and security pact between the United States, UK and Australia.

The AUKUS agreement is intended to help deliver stablility in the Indo-Pacific region, which has come under increasing Chinese influence.

The deal will deliver a new fleet of nuclear-powered submarines to the Australian navy. That has also angered France which was expecting to supply the defence equipment.

China called the pact “extremely irresponsible” and said it would harm the participating countries.

Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by defence correspondent Jonathan Beale and north America editor Jon Sopel.

'Profound strategic shift'

The pact, which will also see the allies share cyber capabilities, artificial intelligence and other undersea technologies, was described as showing "profound strategic shifts" by the UK's national security adviser Stephen Lovegrove.

It means Australia will become just the seventh nation in the world to operate nuclear-powered submarines.

Mr Lovegrove said the pact was "perhaps the most significant capability collaboration in the world anywhere in the past six decades".

Ladybbird · 17-09-21, 17:15

China Applies to Join Key Asia-Pacific Trade Pact

China has applied to join a key Asia-Pacific trade pact as it attempts to strengthen its position in the region.

BBC News 17 SEP 2021.

The move comes the day after a historic security deal between the US, UK and Australia was unveiled.

The pact that eventually became the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), was created by the US to counter China's influence.

However, Donald Trump pulled the US out of it in 2017.

Chinese commerce minister Wang Wentao said the world's second largest economy had submitted its application to join the free trade agreement in a letter to New Zealand's trade minister, Damien O'Connor.

New Zealand acts as the administrative centre for the pact.

Mr Wang and Mr O'Connor then held a telephone conference to discuss the next steps following China's application, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said.

The original Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was promoted by then-President Barack Obama as an economic bloc to challenge China's increasingly powerful position in the Asia Pacific.

After Trump pulled the US out of the deal, Japan led negotiations to create what became the CPTPP.

The CPTPP was signed in 2018 by 11 countries, including Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan and New Zealand.

Regional trade arrangements

In June, the UK formally launched negotiations to join the CPTPP, while Thailand has also signalled interest in joining the agreement.

Joining the CPTPP would be a significant boost for China, especially after it signed up to a different free trade agreement with 14 countries - called the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) - in November.

RCEP is the world's largest trading bloc, with South Korea, China, Japan, Australia and New Zealand among its members.

Historic security agreement

China's announcement that it has officially applied to join the CPTPP comes the day after the UK, US and Australia launched a historic security pact, in what has been seen as an effort to counter Beijing's influence in the Asia-Pacific region.

The so-called Aukus pact will allow Australia to build nuclear-powered submarines for the first time, using technology provided by the US and the UK.

The deal, which will also cover Artificial Intelligence and other technologies, is Australia's biggest defence partnership in decades, analysts said.

China has criticised Aukus, describing it as "extremely irresponsible" and "narrow-minded".

Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said the alliance risked "severely damaging regional peace... and intensifying the arms race".

Ladybbird · 23-09-21, 10:04

Aukus pact: France and US Seek to Mend Rift - Johnson and Bidens' 'Surprise' at French Reaction

France and the US have made efforts to end a row which started last week with the announcement of the Aukus defence pact between the US, UK and Australia.

BBC News 23 SEP 2021.

As a result of Aukus, France will no longer be selling submarines to Australia

The diplomatic row with France has deepened. After the Prime Minister urged Emmanuel Macron to "get a grip", it has emerged that Boris Johnson and Joe Biden privately expressed astonishment at his heated reaction to the Australia-UK-US pact.

Mr Johnson and the US President are understood to have discussed their surprise when they met for talks in the White House. The PM later said he was "taken aback" by Mr Macron's response to the security deal, which included withdrawing ambassadors from the US and Australia.

The French could withdraw from Nato's integrated military command. Plans are now being pursued to deepen the three-way defence pact, beyond just nuclear submarines, in spite of French opposition.

In his hard-hitting column, Allister Heath argues that Biden and Macron are vandalising the liberal order they both claim to love.

The pact cost France a deal worth $37bn (£27bn) to build submarines for Australia.

Paris said it found out only hours before the public announcement.

The American and French presidents have now issued a joint statement saying the situation would have benefited from open consultations between allies.

Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron spoke by phone for half an hour on Wednesday. They will also meet in Europe at the end of next month.

Announced last week, Aukus is widely seen as an effort to counter China's influence in the contested South China Sea.

Analysts have described it as probably the most significant security arrangement between the three nations since World War Two.

But French anger over the pact had been palpable - the French foreign minister called it a "stab in the back".

In a rare step among allies, Mr Macron had ordered the recall of the French ambassadors to Washington and Canberra.

However, the ambassador to Washington will now return to his post. There was no word on whether the ambassador to Canberra would do the same.

President Biden reaffirmed the importance of French and European engagement in the Asia-Pacific region.

And the statement underlined US recognition of the importance of stronger European defence which France has been spearheading for years - as a complement to the trans-Atlantic Nato alliance.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and the French Foreign Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, are expected to hold a bilateral meeting on Thursday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, according to a US official.

Analysis by Nomia Iqbal, Washington correspondent

This was a classic "non-apology apology" by the Americans: an apology for the process (the lack of consultation), but not for the policy itself (Aukus). But we did get a picture of President Biden smiling whilst on the phone with President Macron, in an attempt to show all is well.

As far as the readout goes, they can often be rather bland, but this had lots of meaning.

Firstly, it was a joint statement, when usually you get one from each side, so both leaders were trying to show a united front after their "friendly 30-minute call". It made clear at the start that President Biden initiated the call - perhaps this was something France wanted to make sure was known.

Then there is this line: "The two leaders agreed that the situation would have benefited from open consultations" - again, something France wanted in there?

But America had its say too, Biden did not alter his ongoing underlying message that European countries needs to contribute more to the continent's own defence.

It then ended with a pointed reminder of the US giving extra counter-terrorism help in the Sahel, where the French are hugely invested.

In short, it was a statement that was clearly very well crafted for both sides to get their points across and move on. But a smiling phone call is one thing. What about when the two presidents meet in person next month in Europe?

It is worth mentioning that President Macron is facing re-election next year. His hanging tough with President Biden was important domestically but equally he needed to find an exit ramp. Today's call delivers it.

Ladybbird · 28-09-21, 08:02

Royal Navy Could Expand into The Canadian Arctic to Support Allies

Closer military ties with Canada may be necessary as strategic rivals show interest in untapped oil and gas reserves

NEW Nuclear Submarine Ready to Join Royal Navy Fleet

UK Navy Starts Converting OLDER & Developing Future Ships, Designed to Keep the Elizabethan Class Aircraft Carriers

BBC News 28 SEP 2021

The Royal Navy could expand into the Canadian Arctic in a bid to comprise strategic rivals Russia and China.

General Sir Nick Carter, the Chief of the Defence Staff, mentioned the UK was “keen to cooperate” with Canada in studying how to combat in the chilly, in monitoring melting ice, and in “helping Canada do what Canada needs to do as an Arctic country”.

His feedback are available in the wake of the Aukus pact underneath which the US and UK will present nuclear-powered submarine expertise to Australia.

Heightened British involvement in the Arctic could be seen as a means to beef up Nato’s countering of Russia, and China, in the area. It would additional the UK’s goals of post-Brexit realignment underneath a brand new Global Britain international coverage.

The Arctic is seen as an rising strategic precedence as local weather change opens up delivery routes and priceless pure resources.

In March, the Kremlin launched a video of three of its submarines breaking via 5 toes of ice to floor inside 1,000ft of one another, and it has been modernising Cold War-era bases.

There is as but no agency dedication, however there’s some concern in Canada about its omission from the Aukus pact because it watches three of its closest allies deepening their ties.

Speaking to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Sir Nick mentioned: “I think we have military capabilities, certainly in the maritime domain and in terms of our science that would be useful to Canada, and I think operating alongside Canada in that regard is clearly going to be good for both countries.”

He was talking earlier than the AUKUS deal was made public.

Canada at present has solely diesel-electric submarines, purchased from the UK in the Nineteen Nineties, which can’t function for lengthy durations underneath the Arctic ice.

A report this week by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute mentioned Canada’s skill to management its huge maritime area can be examined in the coming years and “serious questions remain” over whether or not it’s going to have alternative submarines prepared when wanted, between 2036 and 2042.

Britain has a coaching base in Suffield, southern Alberta, however it’s over 1,000 miles south of the Arctic Circle.

‘Canada is one of the UK’s oldest and closest allies’

In the previous, Canada has been hesitant to settle for an excessive amount of assist in the Arctic due to disputes about its personal sovereignty in the area, in accordance to allies.

Earlier this year, Norway cancelled a sequence of chilly climate workout routines involving hundreds of worldwide troops, together with from the US and UK, due to the pandemic.

The withdrawal from Afghanistan can also contribute to a refocusing on winter warfare for British forces.

Military analysts imagine the Arctic is a area the place a small British contribution could have an outsized influence.

The Arctic is believed to maintain up to one quarter of the Earth’s undiscovered oil and gasoline.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has put the potential worth of Arctic minerals at $30 trillion and is in search of to assert affect over vast areas of the area.

Russia’s Nagurskoye air base in the Arctic, which throughout the Cold War was little greater than a communications outpost, has had its runway prolonged to settle for all sorts of plane together with nuclear-capable strategic bombers.

Rob Huebert, an skilled in Arctic safety at the University of Calgary, advised CBC: “We do not have the capability of engaging Russian submarines or Chinese submarines [in the Arctic] if and when that ever becomes a reality. That’s the number one capability that the British [would] bring to the Arctic.”

A UK Ministry of Defence spokesman mentioned: “Canada is certainly one of the UK’s oldest and closest allies. We work collectively to handle safety challenges round the world, together with via Nato and the Five Eyes partnership.

“The UK will continue to work with all our allies, including Canada, on countering shared threats to our security.”

Ladybbird · 14-03-23, 06:52

AUKUS Deal: UK US and Australia Agree on Nuclear Submarine Project

The US, UK and Australia have unveiled details of their plan to create a new fleet of nuclear-powered submarines, aimed at countering China's influence in the Indo-Pacific region.

BBC 14 MAR 2023

L-R: Australia PM Anthony Albanese, US President Joe Biden and UK PM Rishi Sunak, San Diego, 13 Mar

Under the Aukus pact Australia is to get its first nuclear-powered subs - at least three - from the US.

The allies will also work to create a new fleet using cutting-edge tech, including UK-made Rolls-Royce reactors.

Beijing said the major naval deal "hurts peace and stability".

China's UN mission also accused the Western allies of setting back nuclear non-proliferation efforts.

But US President Joe Biden said the deal was aimed at bolstering peace in the region and stressed the submarines would be "nuclear-powered, not nuclear-armed".

Speaking alongside the UK and Australian prime ministers - Rishi Sunak and Anthony Albanese - in San Diego, California, Mr Biden said the deal would not jeopardise Australia's commitment to being a nuclear-free country.

For Australia, it is a major upgrade to the US ally's military capabilities. The country becomes just the second after the UK to receive Washington's elite nuclear propulsion technology.

The submarines will be able to operate further and faster than the country's existing diesel-engine fleet and Australia will also be able to carry out long-range strikes against enemies for the first time.

Under the deal, Australian navy sailors will be sent to US and UK submarine bases from this year to learn how to use the nuclear-powered submarines.

From 2027, the US and UK will also base a small number of nuclear submarines in Perth, Western Australia, before Canberra will buy three US-model Virginia-class submarines in the early 2030s - with options to purchase two more.

After that, the plan is to design and build an entirely new nuclear-powered submarine for the UK and Australian navies - a model that is being called SSN-AUKUS.

This attack craft will be built in Britain and Australia to a British design, but use technology from all three countries.

The US, Australia and UK will jointly build a new class of submarines

President Biden said all three countries were committed to ensuring the Indo-Pacific region would remain free and open.

"Forging this new partnership, we're showing again how democracies can deliver our own security and prosperity... not just for us but for the entire world," he said.

He also pledged of $4.6bn (£3.7bn) to expanding the US' submarine construction capacity and improving maintenance of its current nuclear-powered Virginia-class submarines.

Australia's PM said the plan - which will cost Canberra up to A$368bn (£201bn) over 30 years - marked the "biggest single investment in Australia's defence capability in all of its history".

Anthony Albanese said building the submarines in Australian shipyards would also create thousands of local jobs.

The UK PM said that in the 18 months since the Aukus alliance was unveiled, the challenges to global stability had only grown.

"Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine, China's growing assertiveness, the destabilising behaviour of Iran and North Korea - all threaten to create a world codefined by danger, disorder and division," Mr Sunak said.

As part of his visit to the US, Mr Sunak has also pledged to increase defence spending by nearly £5bn ($6bn) over the next two years to counter threats from hostile states.

The Aukus security alliance - announced in September 2021 - has repeatedly drawn criticism from China. Beijing's foreign ministry last week reiterated its position that the pact risked creating an arms race.

But the three Western countries say the security deal is aimed at shoring up stability in the Indo-Pacific.

While all three leaders have stressed how the deal will strengthen their co-operation, it hasn't been without its political fallout.

In 2021, Australia scrapped a multi-million dollar diesel-powered submarine agreement with France in favour of the trilateral agreement - causing a political rift with Paris.

Australia also faces a delicate diplomatic situation with China - it's largest trading partner. Analysts say the question will be whether it can continue to strengthen its military ties with US, while fostering commercial ties with Beijing.

Ladybbird · 15-11-23, 05:46

AUKUS Deal a Prime Target For State-Sponsored Hackers

AUKUS Deal a Target’ For Hackers: Spy Agency

BBC 15 NOV 2023

It’s been revealed hackers are trying to steal Australian data every six minutes.

Australia says hacks surging, state-sponsored groups targeting critical infrastructure

The nations cyber spy agency has warned the AUKUS nuclear submarine partnership has made Australias defence sector a prime target for state-sponsored hackers.

The 2022-23 Australian Signals Directorate cyber threat report has highlighted a 23 per cent surge in cyber crimes last financial year.

Queensland and Victorian businesses are common targets for criminals out of the 1,100 incidents recorded.

It also highlighted China as a formidable state-sponsored cyber opponent.

Beijing is reportedly conducting more sophisticated hacking operations than Russia.

Ladybbird · 22-03-24, 11:17

Australia Selects AUKUS Manufacturing Companies

Federal Government Announced Australian and British Companies Will Build The New Fleet of AUKUS Submarines and Rejects The US Bid.

Australias’ Naval defence to be bolstered by multi-billion-dollar investment

9 News Australia 22 MAR 2024

Defence Minister Richard Marles will announce the $5 billion deal on Friday morning.

The nuclear-powered submarines will be assembled at the future Osborne construction grounds in South Australia.

ASC Pty Ltd has been selected alongside BAE Systems in the UK to construct the submarines.

Rolls Royce has been tasked with assembling the nuclear reactors for the AUKUS build, having supplied and maintained the UK’s nuclear fleet for over half a century.

America Must Get Out of The Way If AUKUS is to Succeed

U.S. military export controls undercut cooperation and stifle innovation with allies

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Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,530 Thanks: 27,621 Thanked 14,456 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	Australia FED Govt Selects British & Australian Cos to Build New Fleet of Subs AUKUS: UK, Australia and US Launch Pact to Counter China The UK, Australia and US have announced a historic security pact in the Asia-Pacific, in what's seen as an effort to counter China. BBC News 16 SEP 2021. It will let Australia build nuclear-powered submarines for the first time, using technology provided by the US. The Aukus pact, which will also cover AI and other technologies, is one of the countries' biggest defence partnerships in decades, analysts say. China has condemned the agreement as "extremely irresponsible". It has also created a row with France, which has now lost a deal with Australia to build 12 submarines. Foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said it "seriously undermines regional peace and stability and intensifies the arms race". China's embassy in Washington accused the countries of a "Cold War mentality and ideological prejudice". The pact also created a row with France, which has now lost a deal with Australia to build 12 submarines. "It's really a stab in the back," France's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told France Info radio. The new partnership was announced in a joint virtual press conference between US President Joe Biden, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison on Wednesday. And while China was not mentioned directly, the three leaders referred repeatedly to regional security concerns which they said had "grown significantly". Speaking to the BBC, UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said China was "embarking on one of the biggest military spends in history". "It is growing its navy [and] air force at a huge rate. Obviously it is engaged in some disputed areas," he said. "Our partners in those regions want to be able to stand their own ground." In recent years, Beijing has been accused of raising tensions in disputed territories such as the South China Sea. On Thursday, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the pact would "preserve security and stability around the world" and generate "hundreds of high-skilled jobs". He also said the relationship with France was "rock solid". The Aukus alliance is probably the most significant security arrangement between the three nations since World War Two, analysts say. The pact will focus on military capability, separating it from the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance which also includes New Zealand and Canada. While Australia's submarines is the big-ticket item, Aukus will also involve the sharing of cyber capabilities and other undersea technologies. "This is an historic opportunity for the three nations, with like-minded allies and partners, to protect shared values and promote security and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region," the joint statement read. "This really shows that all three nations are drawing a line in the sand to start and counter [China's] aggressive moves in the Indo-Pacific," said Guy Boekenstein from the Asia Society Australia. France's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said trust with Australia "had been betrayed" Western nations have been wary of China's infrastructure investment on Pacific islands, and have also criticised China's trade sanctions against countries like Australia. Australia had in the past maintained good relations with China, its biggest trading partner. But the relationship has broken down in recent years amid political tensions. But there is tension now too with France, after Australia tore up the A$50bn (€31bn; £27bn) deal to build 12 submarines. "We had established a relationship of trust with Australia, this trust has been betrayed," Mr Le Drian said. Why nuclear-powered submarines? These submarines are much faster and harder to detect than conventionally powered fleets. They can stay submerged for months, shoot missiles longer distances and also carry more. Having them stationed in Australia is critical to US influence in the region, analysts say. The US is sharing its submarine technology for the first time in 50 years. It had previously only shared technology with the UK. Australia will become just the seventh nation in the world to operate nuclear-powered submarines, after the US, UK, France, China, India and Russia. Australia has reaffirmed it has no intention of obtaining nuclear weapons. Meanwhile New Zealand said it would ban Australia's submarines from its waters, in line with an existing policy on the presence of nuclear-powered submarines. New Zealand, although a Five Eyes member, has been more cautious in aligning with either the US or China in the Pacific. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said her nation had not been approached to join the pact. __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...& TO STOP SPAM-IF YOU WANT TO POST, YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES

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Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,530 Thanks: 27,621 Thanked 14,456 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	re: AUKUS: UK & US Face Global Backlash Re Australia Defence Deal AUKUS: UK and US Face Global Backlash Over Australia Defence Deal The UK and US are facing growing international criticism over a new security pact signed with Australia BBC News 17 SEP 2021. China has strongly criticised a new defence and security pact between the United States, UK and Australia. The AUKUS agreement is intended to help deliver stablility in the Indo-Pacific region, which has come under increasing Chinese influence. The deal will deliver a new fleet of nuclear-powered submarines to the Australian navy. That has also angered France which was expecting to supply the defence equipment. China called the pact “extremely irresponsible” and said it would harm the participating countries. Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by defence correspondent Jonathan Beale and north America editor Jon Sopel. 'Profound strategic shift' The pact, which will also see the allies share cyber capabilities, artificial intelligence and other undersea technologies, was described as showing "profound strategic shifts" by the UK's national security adviser Stephen Lovegrove. It means Australia will become just the seventh nation in the world to operate nuclear-powered submarines. Mr Lovegrove said the pact was "perhaps the most significant capability collaboration in the world anywhere in the past six decades". __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...& TO STOP SPAM-IF YOU WANT TO POST, YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES

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Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,530 Thanks: 27,621 Thanked 14,456 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	re: AUKUS: UK PREPS For The WORST--1 NEW Nuclear SUB & NAVY Converts MORE Ships... China Applies to Join Key Asia-Pacific Trade Pact China has applied to join a key Asia-Pacific trade pact as it attempts to strengthen its position in the region. BBC News 17 SEP 2021. The move comes the day after a historic security deal between the US, UK and Australia was unveiled. The pact that eventually became the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), was created by the US to counter China's influence. However, Donald Trump pulled the US out of it in 2017. Chinese commerce minister Wang Wentao said the world's second largest economy had submitted its application to join the free trade agreement in a letter to New Zealand's trade minister, Damien O'Connor. New Zealand acts as the administrative centre for the pact. Mr Wang and Mr O'Connor then held a telephone conference to discuss the next steps following China's application, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said. The original Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was promoted by then-President Barack Obama as an economic bloc to challenge China's increasingly powerful position in the Asia Pacific. After Trump pulled the US out of the deal, Japan led negotiations to create what became the CPTPP. The CPTPP was signed in 2018 by 11 countries, including Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan and New Zealand. Regional trade arrangements In June, the UK formally launched negotiations to join the CPTPP, while Thailand has also signalled interest in joining the agreement. Joining the CPTPP would be a significant boost for China, especially after it signed up to a different free trade agreement with 14 countries - called the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) - in November. RCEP is the world's largest trading bloc, with South Korea, China, Japan, Australia and New Zealand among its members. Historic security agreement China's announcement that it has officially applied to join the CPTPP comes the day after the UK, US and Australia launched a historic security pact, in what has been seen as an effort to counter Beijing's influence in the Asia-Pacific region. The so-called Aukus pact will allow Australia to build nuclear-powered submarines for the first time, using technology provided by the US and the UK. The deal, which will also cover Artificial Intelligence and other technologies, is Australia's biggest defence partnership in decades, analysts said. China has criticised Aukus, describing it as "extremely irresponsible" and "narrow-minded". Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said the alliance risked "severely damaging regional peace... and intensifying the arms race". __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...& TO STOP SPAM-IF YOU WANT TO POST, YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES

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Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,530 Thanks: 27,621 Thanked 14,456 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	re: AUKUS: UK PREPS For The WORST--1 NEW Nuclear SUB & NAVY Converts MORE Ships... Aukus pact: France and US Seek to Mend Rift - Johnson and Bidens' 'Surprise' at French Reaction France and the US have made efforts to end a row which started last week with the announcement of the Aukus defence pact between the US, UK and Australia. BBC News 23 SEP 2021. As a result of Aukus, France will no longer be selling submarines to Australia The diplomatic row with France has deepened. After the Prime Minister urged Emmanuel Macron to "get a grip", it has emerged that Boris Johnson and Joe Biden privately expressed astonishment at his heated reaction to the Australia-UK-US pact. Mr Johnson and the US President are understood to have discussed their surprise when they met for talks in the White House. The PM later said he was "taken aback" by Mr Macron's response to the security deal, which included withdrawing ambassadors from the US and Australia. The French could withdraw from Nato's integrated military command. Plans are now being pursued to deepen the three-way defence pact, beyond just nuclear submarines, in spite of French opposition. In his hard-hitting column, Allister Heath argues that Biden and Macron are vandalising the liberal order they both claim to love. The pact cost France a deal worth $37bn (£27bn) to build submarines for Australia. Paris said it found out only hours before the public announcement. The American and French presidents have now issued a joint statement saying the situation would have benefited from open consultations between allies. Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron spoke by phone for half an hour on Wednesday. They will also meet in Europe at the end of next month. Announced last week, Aukus is widely seen as an effort to counter China's influence in the contested South China Sea. Analysts have described it as probably the most significant security arrangement between the three nations since World War Two. But French anger over the pact had been palpable - the French foreign minister called it a "stab in the back". In a rare step among allies, Mr Macron had ordered the recall of the French ambassadors to Washington and Canberra. However, the ambassador to Washington will now return to his post. There was no word on whether the ambassador to Canberra would do the same. President Biden reaffirmed the importance of French and European engagement in the Asia-Pacific region. And the statement underlined US recognition of the importance of stronger European defence which France has been spearheading for years - as a complement to the trans-Atlantic Nato alliance. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and the French Foreign Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, are expected to hold a bilateral meeting on Thursday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, according to a US official. Analysis by Nomia Iqbal, Washington correspondent This was a classic "non-apology apology" by the Americans: an apology for the process (the lack of consultation), but not for the policy itself (Aukus). But we did get a picture of President Biden smiling whilst on the phone with President Macron, in an attempt to show all is well. As far as the readout goes, they can often be rather bland, but this had lots of meaning. Firstly, it was a joint statement, when usually you get one from each side, so both leaders were trying to show a united front after their "friendly 30-minute call". It made clear at the start that President Biden initiated the call - perhaps this was something France wanted to make sure was known. Then there is this line: "The two leaders agreed that the situation would have benefited from open consultations" - again, something France wanted in there? But America had its say too, Biden did not alter his ongoing underlying message that European countries needs to contribute more to the continent's own defence. It then ended with a pointed reminder of the US giving extra counter-terrorism help in the Sahel, where the French are hugely invested. In short, it was a statement that was clearly very well crafted for both sides to get their points across and move on. But a smiling phone call is one thing. What about when the two presidents meet in person next month in Europe? It is worth mentioning that President Macron is facing re-election next year. His hanging tough with President Biden was important domestically but equally he needed to find an exit ramp. 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28-09-21, 08:02	#5
Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,530 Thanks: 27,621 Thanked 14,456 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	re: AUKUS: UK US & Australia PREP For WORST--NEW Nuclear SUB Deal Royal Navy Could Expand into The Canadian Arctic to Support Allies Closer military ties with Canada may be necessary as strategic rivals show interest in untapped oil and gas reserves NEW Nuclear Submarine Ready to Join Royal Navy Fleet UK Navy Starts Converting OLDER & Developing Future Ships, Designed to Keep the Elizabethan Class Aircraft Carriers BBC News 28 SEP 2021 The Royal Navy could expand into the Canadian Arctic in a bid to comprise strategic rivals Russia and China. General Sir Nick Carter, the Chief of the Defence Staff, mentioned the UK was “keen to cooperate” with Canada in studying how to combat in the chilly, in monitoring melting ice, and in “helping Canada do what Canada needs to do as an Arctic country”. His feedback are available in the wake of the Aukus pact underneath which the US and UK will present nuclear-powered submarine expertise to Australia. Heightened British involvement in the Arctic could be seen as a means to beef up Nato’s countering of Russia, and China, in the area. It would additional the UK’s goals of post-Brexit realignment underneath a brand new Global Britain international coverage. The Arctic is seen as an rising strategic precedence as local weather change opens up delivery routes and priceless pure resources. In March, the Kremlin launched a video of three of its submarines breaking via 5 toes of ice to floor inside 1,000ft of one another, and it has been modernising Cold War-era bases. There is as but no agency dedication, however there’s some concern in Canada about its omission from the Aukus pact because it watches three of its closest allies deepening their ties. Speaking to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Sir Nick mentioned: “I think we have military capabilities, certainly in the maritime domain and in terms of our science that would be useful to Canada, and I think operating alongside Canada in that regard is clearly going to be good for both countries.” He was talking earlier than the AUKUS deal was made public. Canada at present has solely diesel-electric submarines, purchased from the UK in the Nineteen Nineties, which can’t function for lengthy durations underneath the Arctic ice. A report this week by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute mentioned Canada’s skill to management its huge maritime area can be examined in the coming years and “serious questions remain” over whether or not it’s going to have alternative submarines prepared when wanted, between 2036 and 2042. Britain has a coaching base in Suffield, southern Alberta, however it’s over 1,000 miles south of the Arctic Circle. ‘Canada is one of the UK’s oldest and closest allies’ In the previous, Canada has been hesitant to settle for an excessive amount of assist in the Arctic due to disputes about its personal sovereignty in the area, in accordance to allies. Earlier this year, Norway cancelled a sequence of chilly climate workout routines involving hundreds of worldwide troops, together with from the US and UK, due to the pandemic. The withdrawal from Afghanistan can also contribute to a refocusing on winter warfare for British forces. Military analysts imagine the Arctic is a area the place a small British contribution could have an outsized influence. The Arctic is believed to maintain up to one quarter of the Earth’s undiscovered oil and gasoline. Russian President Vladimir Putin has put the potential worth of Arctic minerals at $30 trillion and is in search of to assert affect over vast areas of the area. Russia’s Nagurskoye air base in the Arctic, which throughout the Cold War was little greater than a communications outpost, has had its runway prolonged to settle for all sorts of plane together with nuclear-capable strategic bombers. Rob Huebert, an skilled in Arctic safety at the University of Calgary, advised CBC: “We do not have the capability of engaging Russian submarines or Chinese submarines [in the Arctic] if and when that ever becomes a reality. That’s the number one capability that the British [would] bring to the Arctic.” A UK Ministry of Defence spokesman mentioned: “Canada is certainly one of the UK’s oldest and closest allies. We work collectively to handle safety challenges round the world, together with via Nato and the Five Eyes partnership. “The UK will continue to work with all our allies, including Canada, on countering shared threats to our security.” __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...& TO STOP SPAM-IF YOU WANT TO POST, YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES

14-03-23, 06:52	#6
Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,530 Thanks: 27,621 Thanked 14,456 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	re: AUKUS Nuclear Sub Deal Prime Target For State-Sponsored Hackers in Australia AUKUS Deal: UK US and Australia Agree on Nuclear Submarine Project The US, UK and Australia have unveiled details of their plan to create a new fleet of nuclear-powered submarines, aimed at countering China's influence in the Indo-Pacific region. BBC 14 MAR 2023 L-R: Australia PM Anthony Albanese, US President Joe Biden and UK PM Rishi Sunak, San Diego, 13 Mar Under the Aukus pact Australia is to get its first nuclear-powered subs - at least three - from the US. The allies will also work to create a new fleet using cutting-edge tech, including UK-made Rolls-Royce reactors. Beijing said the major naval deal "hurts peace and stability". China's UN mission also accused the Western allies of setting back nuclear non-proliferation efforts. But US President Joe Biden said the deal was aimed at bolstering peace in the region and stressed the submarines would be "nuclear-powered, not nuclear-armed". Speaking alongside the UK and Australian prime ministers - Rishi Sunak and Anthony Albanese - in San Diego, California, Mr Biden said the deal would not jeopardise Australia's commitment to being a nuclear-free country. For Australia, it is a major upgrade to the US ally's military capabilities. The country becomes just the second after the UK to receive Washington's elite nuclear propulsion technology. The submarines will be able to operate further and faster than the country's existing diesel-engine fleet and Australia will also be able to carry out long-range strikes against enemies for the first time. Under the deal, Australian navy sailors will be sent to US and UK submarine bases from this year to learn how to use the nuclear-powered submarines. From 2027, the US and UK will also base a small number of nuclear submarines in Perth, Western Australia, before Canberra will buy three US-model Virginia-class submarines in the early 2030s - with options to purchase two more. After that, the plan is to design and build an entirely new nuclear-powered submarine for the UK and Australian navies - a model that is being called SSN-AUKUS. This attack craft will be built in Britain and Australia to a British design, but use technology from all three countries. The US, Australia and UK will jointly build a new class of submarines President Biden said all three countries were committed to ensuring the Indo-Pacific region would remain free and open. "Forging this new partnership, we're showing again how democracies can deliver our own security and prosperity... not just for us but for the entire world," he said. He also pledged of $4.6bn (£3.7bn) to expanding the US' submarine construction capacity and improving maintenance of its current nuclear-powered Virginia-class submarines. Australia's PM said the plan - which will cost Canberra up to A$368bn (£201bn) over 30 years - marked the "biggest single investment in Australia's defence capability in all of its history". Anthony Albanese said building the submarines in Australian shipyards would also create thousands of local jobs. The UK PM said that in the 18 months since the Aukus alliance was unveiled, the challenges to global stability had only grown. "Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine, China's growing assertiveness, the destabilising behaviour of Iran and North Korea - all threaten to create a world codefined by danger, disorder and division," Mr Sunak said. As part of his visit to the US, Mr Sunak has also pledged to increase defence spending by nearly £5bn ($6bn) over the next two years to counter threats from hostile states. The Aukus security alliance - announced in September 2021 - has repeatedly drawn criticism from China. Beijing's foreign ministry last week reiterated its position that the pact risked creating an arms race. But the three Western countries say the security deal is aimed at shoring up stability in the Indo-Pacific. While all three leaders have stressed how the deal will strengthen their co-operation, it hasn't been without its political fallout. In 2021, Australia scrapped a multi-million dollar diesel-powered submarine agreement with France in favour of the trilateral agreement - causing a political rift with Paris. Australia also faces a delicate diplomatic situation with China - it's largest trading partner. Analysts say the question will be whether it can continue to strengthen its military ties with US, while fostering commercial ties with Beijing. __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...& TO STOP SPAM-IF YOU WANT TO POST, YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES

15-11-23, 05:46	#7
Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,530 Thanks: 27,621 Thanked 14,456 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	Re: AUKUS Nuclear Sub Deal Prime Target For State-Sponsored Hackers in Australia AUKUS Deal a Prime Target For State-Sponsored Hackers AUKUS Deal a Target’ For Hackers: Spy Agency BBC 15 NOV 2023 It’s been revealed hackers are trying to steal Australian data every six minutes. *Australia says hacks surging, state-sponsored groups targeting critical infrastructure* The nations cyber spy agency has warned the AUKUS nuclear submarine partnership has made Australias defence sector a prime target for state-sponsored hackers. The 2022-23 Australian Signals Directorate cyber threat report has highlighted a 23 per cent surge in cyber crimes last financial year. Queensland and Victorian businesses are common targets for criminals out of the 1,100 incidents recorded. It also highlighted China as a formidable state-sponsored cyber opponent. *Beijing is reportedly conducting more sophisticated hacking operations than Russia.* __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...& TO STOP SPAM-IF YOU WANT TO POST, YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES

22-03-24, 11:17	#8
Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,530 Thanks: 27,621 Thanked 14,456 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	Re: Australia FED Govt Selects British & Australian Cos to Build New Fleet of Subs Australia Selects AUKUS Manufacturing Companies Federal Government Announced Australian and British Companies Will Build The New Fleet of AUKUS Submarines and Rejects The US Bid. *Australias’ Naval defence to be bolstered by multi-billion-dollar investment* 9 News Australia 22 MAR 2024 Defence Minister Richard Marles will announce the $5 billion deal on Friday morning. The nuclear-powered submarines will be assembled at the future Osborne construction grounds in South Australia. ASC Pty Ltd has been selected alongside BAE Systems in the UK to construct the submarines. *Rolls Royce has been tasked with assembling the nuclear reactors for the AUKUS build, having supplied and maintained the UK’s nuclear fleet for over half a century.* America Must Get Out of The Way If AUKUS is to Succeed U.S. military export controls undercut cooperation and stifle innovation with allies

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