On July 25, the UK and Australia held a bilateral "2+2" meeting on foreign affairs and defense, during which both sides signed an agreement to promote the "AUKUS Alliance," thus actively advancing the project of arming Australia. The so-called "AUKUS Alliance" is a project by the US and the UK to arm Australia, which was originally an action led by the US. The US and the UK have decided to provide Australia with eight attack-class nuclear submarines. According to information published by Australia, Australia has already paid some fees, thereby enabling the project to proceed. Through the agreement, the UK and Australia announced that they would promote Australia's equipment with attack-class nuclear submarines through 50 years of cooperation, which immediately attracted attention from the outside world.
Arming Australia with attack-class nuclear submarines is under the framework of the US's active "Indo-Pacific Strategy," and it has already taken on the rhythm of opposing China. The US's so-called "Indo-Pacific Strategy" is actively surrounding and containing China. The US often stirs up the so-called idea that China should not disrupt the status quo and should not disrupt the so-called international order based on rules. Japanese politicians have also openly supported the US's position, proposing the so-called "Ukraine today, East Asia tomorrow" remarks, in an attempt to stir up the so-called Chinese military threat. The UK is a staunch ally of the US, and when the US actively promotes the "Indo-Pacific Strategy," the UK and the US have become connected.
Fenghuo Qianzhan analysis believes that the connection between the US and the UK lies in the fact that the US recognizes its own shipbuilding industry has a problem of insufficient capacity, and thus can be supported by the UK. At the same time, the UK has made achievements in the field of nuclear submarines, so there are common interests. The US has stolen Australia's submarine order from France. In fact, Australia had originally intended to purchase conventional-powered submarines from France, but the US stole the order from Australia through backdoor methods, causing France great anger. However, France dared not retaliate against the US, but only retaliated against Australia.
Although the UK and Australia signed related supplementary agreements, according to information released by foreign media, the US has different positions on the cooperation between the UK and Australia. The US has already begun to reassess the AUKUS alliance agreement. Actually, when the UK announced that it would take 50 years to arm Australia, it was already evident that there were problems, because all US policies are difficult to maintain for more than 8 years, and some even do not last for 4 years before being overturned. Therefore, the costly AUKUS agreement is highly unlikely to be implemented in the US, hence the situation where the UK and Australia have signed a supplementary agreement separately.
Now, the UK and Australia are in an awkward position. Originally, it was a project led by the US, but now the US is not paying much attention and is assessing the relevant agreement. According to information obtained by Fenghuo Qianzhan, the efficiency of US shipyards is very low, as can be seen from the delayed delivery of the Ford-class aircraft carriers. At the same time, the US nuclear submarine production capacity is also very low, and it is already unable to meet the needs of the US Navy's modernization and replacement. Therefore, the US itself doubts that the AUKUS agreement cannot be fulfilled, and therefore did not participate in the signing of the supplementary agreement. Now, only the UK and Australia are supporting each other.
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