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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Emma Shortis

What’s a few secondhand subs between friends? Aukus revision shows how the US treats its allies. Will Australia stand for it?

US defence secretary Pete Hegseth, Australian defence minister Richard Marles and UK defence secretary John Healey, before a press conference in Singapore
Defence officials Pete Hegseth, Richard Marles and John Healey at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, where it was revealed Australia would buy three secondhand submarines from the US under Aukus, instead of a mix of old and new. Photograph: Edgar Su/Reuters

The Shangri-La Dialogue, held in Singapore at the weekend, is a little bit like Christmas for security boys.

There’s lots of big talk – of great power competition, reshaping the strategic landscape, and the deteriorating strategic environment (all said with serious, knowing faces). And there are lots of weapons announcements.

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