Regardless of the risk of nuclear diffusion risks, why do nuclear submarine cooperation in the United States and Australia?

The United States and British Nuclear Submarine Cooperation Plan has triggered global nuclear diffusion concerns

On September 15 last year, the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia announced the establishment of the so -called three -sided security partnership, that is, the "Australia -British and American Alliance". The two countries with the United States and Britain will help the Australian Navy to establish nuclear submarine forces. This move has triggered worldwide concerns about nuclear diffusion.

On September 15, 2021, the United States, Britain and Australia issued a joint statement that announced the establishment of the so -called three -sided security partnership. Under the framework, the United States and Britain will assist Australia to build at least 8 nuclear submarines. To this end, Australia did not hesitate to suspend a conventional submarine contract worth $ 50 billion (about RMB 234.4 billion) at a contract with France. In this regard, France expressed strong dissatisfaction and announced the recall of the ambassador to the United States and Australia. Since then, the French government has repeatedly accused the United States of "behind the knife" and stated that it would make claims to Australia.

On November 12, in a voices of the international community, the United States, Britain, and Australia signed the "Naval Nuclear Power Information Exchange Agreement", which officially allowed Australia to obtain information about the United States and Britain's secret nuclear submarines.

On March 7, 2022, Australia issued a statement saying that a new submarine base will be built on the east coast of Australia to stop the future nuclear submarines in the Australian military and support regular visit to the United States and British nuclear submarines.

On April 5th, the leaders of the United States and the United States and Britain issued a statement on the progress of the implementation of the three -sided security partnership, saying that the nuclear submarine project under the framework "has achieved a number of progress."

Multi -countries strongly oppose the United States and Britain and Australia nuclear submarine cooperation plans

Regarding the nuclear submarine cooperation plan of the United States and the United States, many countries and international organizations have strongly opposed it, accusing this behavior of serious violations of the Treaty of Non -Display Nuclear Weapons, and worried that the plan will arouse the "chain reaction" of nuclear arms competitions.

Russia had previously stated that this move in the United States and Britain and Australia is a serious impact on the international nuclear non -diffusion system, and will have a serious negative impact on the "New Treatment of Strategic Weapon" and the construction of nuclear -free weapon areas.

ASEAN countries, including Indonesia and Malaysia, also opposed this plan, believed that the U.S. -British and Australian nuclear submarine cooperation project seriously damaged the regional nuclear non -diffusion mechanism. It constitutes a real security threat to Southeast Asia, seriously damage the spirit of the "Treaty of the South Pacific Nuclear Nuclear Zone", and destroys the efforts of the ASEAN countries to establish a nuclear weapon area in Southeast Asia.

According to a research report issued by the China Military Control and Labor Association and the China Nuclear Strategic Planning Research Institute, the United States and Britain intend to transfer the weapon -level high -concentration uranium transferred to Australia's next eight nuclear submarines in the next eight nuclear submarines, which can be used to make 64 -80 nuclear weapons.

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