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Australian Minister Hopes AUKUS Will Create Seamless Industrial Base

Australian Minister Hopes AUKUS Will Create Seamless Industrial Base
Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles delivers remarks in talks with U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III while visiting the Pentagon on July 13, 2022. (Photo: DoD by Lisa Ferdinando).

Australia’s defense minister this week said he hopes the AUKUS agreement will help break barriers to create a “seamless” defense industrial base among the U.S., U.K. and Australia as they work to help Australia develop a new nuclear-powered attack submarine. In meetings with U.S. officials “we've been specifically talking about how we can have our defense industrial bases operate in a more seamless way. And, again, we've been met with really good responses in respect to that,” Deputy Prime Minister…

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