The United Kingdom, United States of America and Australia on September 15, 2021 launched a historic security pact to be known as “Aukus” in the Indo-Pacific.
- Aukus has been termed as the biggest defence partnership among the countries in decades.
- The defence pact will let Australia build nuclear-powered submarines for the first time, using technology provided by the US.
- The pact will also cover artificial intelligence, cyber and quantum technologies.
- In the recent past, the Western democracies have all expressed concerns about China’s growing military assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific.
- The new partnership aimed to “promote security and prosperity” in the region, said a joint statement by US President Joe Biden, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison.
- The Aukus pact will focus on military capability, separating it from the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance which also includes New Zealand and Canada.
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