- US President Joe Biden administration has announced a new trilateral security partnership for the Indo-pacific. Security partnership was done between Australia, United Kingdom and United States.
- This security grouping called AUKUS, will focus towards advancing strategic interests in the Indo-Pacific region.
- Officials noted that, the trilateral grouping was security focused and is different but complementary to arrangements like the Quad.
- Features of the partnership
- The central feature of this partnership comprises of a trilateral 18-month effort in order to help Australia in acquiring nuclear powered submarines which are quieter, more capable as compared to their conventional counterparts.
- Such submarines can be deployed for longer periods and needing to surface less frequently.
- These are nuclear powered submarines and not armed with nuclear weapons.
- AUKUS will also involve a new architecture of meeting and engagements between three countries.
- It also involves the cooperation across emerging technologies like AI, quantum technologies as well as undersea capabilities.
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