According to a report, the british prime minister announced on Sunday that the uk will raise defence spending by $6 billion prior to Monday’s talks with Aukus, the uk, u.s. and Australian alliance. Reportedly, the prime minister said the money would be used to replenish ammunition stocks, modernise the uk’s nuclear submarine program and fund the next phase of aukus, an as called security pact struck in 2021.
According to the report, on Monday the prime minister s of the uk and Australia met with the u.s. president at the navy’s submarine base in San Diego, California, the primary plan being a fleet of nuclear submarines to patrol the Indo- Pacific. Reportedly, the plan involves the selling to Australia of existing and new uk and u.s. nuclear powered submarines, Australia will contribute an undisclosed sum to help the u.s. base to build submarines, a plan to build infrastructure in Perth to house and build future nuclear powered submarines, and when infrastructure is built, predicted by 2027 rotational visits of uk and u.s. nuclear powered submarines to Perth. According to the report, sailors and officers will be updated and retrained, the first group of Australian officers have already joined the u.s. nuclear power school in south Carolina. Reportedly, Australian sailors will be embedded in submarine forces and nuclear powered schools.