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Nicholas Cecil

Nuclear submarine pact will allow US, UK, Australia to deploy force ‘anywhere in the world’

Britain’s security minister hailed on Tuesday a historic nuclear submarine pact between the US, UK and Australia as enabling their navies to deploy force “pretty much anywhere in the world” amid rising concerns about the threat from China.

The pact, announced on Monday, would deliver “one of the most advanced” submarines “the world has ever known”, creating thousands of jobs in British shipyards.

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