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The politics of submarines are reaching a pivot point
Labor has inherited the likely choice of a submarine not yet designed – in an exercise supposedly about the urgency of our strategic situation.
Laura TingleColumnistThe Defence publicity machine cranked into action on Friday morning. The chief of the Defence Force, General Angus Campbell, took to Twitter, noting that the day marked one year since “the announcement of AUKUS – Australia’s trilateral security partnership with the UK and US”.
“The first initiative under AUKUS is to support Australia to acquire conventionally-armed, nuclear-powered submarines for #YourADF, while upholding the highest safety, security and non-proliferation standards,” Campbell’s Twitter thread said.
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