If the United States does this, Australia will "pay a heavy price"

The United States considers the construction of the first nuclear submarine for Australia? My Permanent Mission to Vienna: Naked contempt and trample on the international defense diffusion system

The Wall Street Journal reported on the 24th that the U.S. government is considering and discussing a plan, that is, the first nuclear submarine built in Australia in the United States, thereby accelerating the latter's process of obtaining nuclear submarines in response to China's growing military strength. In response, a spokesman for the Chinese Permanent Military delegation in Vienna said in an interview with the Global Times reporter that the cooperation between the Three Kingdoms nuclear submarine violated the Treaty of Non -diffused Nuclear Weapons and was a nuclear diffusion of the "Navy Power Pack" coat.

It is reported that officials in Western countries have recently revealed that the Bayeng government is exploring the process of accelerating Australia to obtain nuclear submarines through the production of the first batch of nuclear -powered submarines in the United States to obtain nuclear submarines in accordance with the "Oukus" agreement, which aims to cope with China's growing military strength. The plan is planned to provide Australia with the first batch of nuclear -powered fleets in the midtyle of the 1930s, and at the same time, Australia has the ability to produce nuclear power submarines in its own domestic.

Senior officials of the United States, Australia, and Britain have been discussed this "temporary plan", but the report mentioned that the plan is one of the few ideas that Australia can build a nuclear -powered fleet faster. It has not been formally approved. The Wall Street Journal states that in order to implement the above plans, it takes billions of dollars to expand the production capacity of submarine in the United States, and Australia will contribute to this expansion. It is expected that all parties will make the final decision on how to carry out their work in March next year.

The joint statement issued by the leaders of the Australian Britain and the United States issued on the 23rd in the joint statement of the "Oukus" agreement did not mention the first submarine of the 8 to 12 nuclear -powered submarines they wanted to implement the agreement or the Australian side. When you may produce details. The statement said: "In the past 12 months, we have made significant progress in Australia's conventional weapons and nuclear -powered submarines. We have unswervingly committed to making Australia get this ability as soon as possible."

A spokesman for the Chinese Permanent Mission to Vienna told the Global Times reporter on the 25th that China has noticed relevant reports. The United States ignores the serious concern of the international community's cooperation in the cooperation between the Three Kingdoms, and is lonely or even accelerated. It is naked and trampled by the international defense diffusion system. China has repeatedly stated that the cooperation between the Three Kingdoms nuclear submarine violates the Treaty of Non -Proliferation Nuclear Weapons, the illegal supervision agreement and an additional listor that violates the organization of the organization, and is a nuclear diffusion of the "Naval Power Pack" coat.

On September 15, 2021, the United States and Britain and Australia announced the establishment of a new three -sided security partnership "Aukus". The United States and Britain will support the Australian Navy to establish nuclear submarine forces. Australia will cooperate with the United States and Britain to build nuclear submarines in Australia. Australia's "Sydney Pioneer Morning News" reported on the 24th that although Australia should have the ability to build nuclear submarines before 2036, more and more people have "concerned" the idea that it may be 2040. Only then can be achieved. Reuters has previously reported that the design of Australian nuclear submarines has not been determined. It may be similar to the British "machine -sensitive" nuclear submarine and the "Virginia" attack nuclear submarine of the US Navy. It may also be a new nuclear submarine for Australia.

Two experts interviewed by the Global Times reporter on the 25th believe that the United States built the first nuclear submarine for Australia, which is a choice of possibilities and feasibility for the United States and Australia.

Zhuo Hua, an expert in international relations from the International Relations College of Beijing Foreign Studies University, said that first of all, Australia was almost unlikely to establish a production line in the short term; second, the United States made nuclear submarines for Australia, which can temporarily relieve the transfer of nuclear technology and nuclear raw materials during the long production cycle. The nuclear does not spread international pressure; third, the United States to draw the small group of "Oukus" in the United States and Australia, in addition to the strategic purpose of the military enclosure of China, and the economic purpose of boosting the manufacturing industry in the country, leaving a huge supply chain on the large supply chain in The United States can undoubtedly help the US military complex to maximize the benefits.

Yu Li also expressed a similar point of view. He believes that Australia does not have the ability to build nuclear submarines by itself, but Australia is the most trusted military partner in the United States in the Indo -Pacific region and "Deputy Sheriff". Military sales have more benefits for military industry groups. Yu Li said: "From the perspective of the current military cooperation between the United States and Australia, Australia will definitely obtain nuclear submarines. In addition, the country may be deployed by hypersonic missiles."

Yu Lei also believes that if the United States builds the first nuclear submarine for Australia, Australia will pay a heavy price. Zhuo Hua also said that if the above plan is adopted, Australia will bear huge economic and political costs. "Once produced in the United States, the Australian defense industry may only participate in some supply chain, which is to help the United States to develop Economy. More importantly, even if Australia really obtains nuclear submarines, the so -called "nuclear sharing 'in the United States" will make Australia completely form a relationship with the US military security, and it will also promote the military threat of Australia to neighboring countries. Promote the trap of arms competition. "

In addition, the United States has faced reality for Australia's production nuclear submarines.Zhuo Hua said that the United States is currently expanding the target of naval ships, but there is still a large gap in production capacity. The production of the US Navy's "Virginia" class submarine has been delayed.Therefore, whether Australia can successfully obtain the first nuclear submarine, there are still great variables.Our reporter Guo Yuandan Hu Yuwei

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