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Indo-Pacific

AUKUS submarine deal seen as decades-long gamble for Australia

Cost, personnel and politics are risks in developing nuclear-powered fleet: analysts

From left, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, U.S. President Joe Biden, and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak deliver remarks on the AUKUS partnership at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego, California on March 13.   © Reuters

MELBOURNE -- U.S. President Joe Biden did not mince words when he unveiled the next stage of the trilateral AUKUS security pact alongside Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in San Diego on Monday.

"AUKUS has one overriding objective: to enhance the stability of the Indo-Pacific [region] amid rapidly shifting global dynamics," he said.

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