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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent

Australia’s first nuclear submarines should be built in the US, Andrew Hastie says

Virginia-class submarine
A nuclear-powered US Virginia-class submarine, one of the types which Australia may acquire under the Aukus pact. Photograph: US navy/AFP/Getty Images

Australia should strike a deal with the US to have the first of its nuclear-powered submarines built in Connecticut as “there’s too much risk in doing it on our own”, the shadow defence minister, Andrew Hastie, has declared.

Speaking before senior Australian ministers meet their counterparts in the US this week, Hastie said Australia should seek one or two Virginia-class submarines off the US production line by the end of 2030.

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