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@ The Guardian World
2025-02-26 14:16:22
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With long voyages and tight living quarters, American sailors give a glimpse of what’s in store for Australian counterparts in $368bn dealGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThere was a lot of sound and fury about China’s recent live-fire exercises off Australia’s coast. But in the backwash of that diplomatic incident, a US nuclear submarine has slid silently into port on the other side of the country and offered up a glimpse of life below the waves for Australia’s key strategic ally.It is the seventh nuclear-powered submarine to arrive at HMAS Stirling naval base, about an hour south of Perth, since the Aukus defence pact was struck in September 2021. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/26/we-all-live-in-a-nuclear-submarine-aukus-future-on-show-as-uss-minnesota-docks-in-perth