Australia, U.K. to begin negotiating bilateral treaty for SSN-AUKUS development

By Nick Wilson / September 26, 2024 at 12:19 PM
Australia and the United Kingdom will soon begin negotiations to establish a new bilateral defense treaty to "bind our AUKUS collaborations into law," defense officials said today, while also announcing the addition of Sting Ray torpedoes to Australian, U.K. and United States P-8 aircraft fleets. Appearing in London alongside U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles and British Defense Secretary John Healey framed this prospective new treaty as an extension of AUKUS that will focus specifically on...

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