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Washington | Australia should abandon the purchase of nuclear-powered submarines under the AUKUS pact with the US and UK to avoid duplicating expensive capabilities already held by allies, and instead invest in areas of advantage such as undersea drones, missile testing, and critical minerals.
That’s the view of Adam Leslie, a former Australian military officer running the Washington-based think tank The Alliance Futures Initiative (TAFI), who warned that the $368 billion plan to build a new class of submarines locks the nation into technology that could be redundant amid dramatic shifts in underwater warfare.
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