A senior U.S. congressman has sought to reassure Australians about the progress of the tri-nation AUKUS defence partnership amid criticism about its feasibility.
Democratic Congressman Joe Courtney (D-CT), co-chair of the Congressional Friends of Australia Caucus, said the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act in December 2024 was a sign of Congress’ strong support for seeing the deal through.
AUKUS will see the United Kingdom and United States arm and train Australia’s future nuclear-powered submarine fleet as a future counterweight to ongoing aggression from the Chinese Communist Party in the region.
AUKUS also solidifies partnerships on new technologies like hypersonic weapons, quantum technology, drones, undersea weapons, and artificial intelligence….