Military experts have suggested that Australia will acquire nuclear submarines built by Britain rather than the United States as part of the Aukus defence pact.
Anthony Albanese, the Australian prime minister, will leave for the US on Wednesday. He is expected to be joined in San Diego by President Biden and Rishi Sunak at the US Navy’s second-largest naval base.
Reports suggest they will discuss the sharing of top-secret nuclear technology under Aukus, an agreement between the nations that was announced in September 2021.
One of Australia’s leading defence experts, John Blaxland, head of the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University, has raised the prospect that Australia will acquire UK-built nuclear propulsion submarines as a stopgap until it is able
