https://www.nairaland.com/6755991/uk-us-australia-launch-pact/3#105877234

NUCLEAR WAR OF WORDS : Relief among the West's Pacific allies while furious Beijing warns it 'undermines peace', France fumes over 'stab in the back' and anti-nuke New Zealand BANS Aussie subs

Taiwan and Japan have welcomed a new three-way nuclear submarine pact between the US, UK and Australia aimed at combatting China - saying it is necessary to provide 'security' for the region.

The countries are both threatened by Beijing and North Korea respectively, and said the new naval alliance dubbed AUKUS would help keep the region 'free and open' and increasing 'peace and security'.

Boris Johnson, Joe Biden and Scott Morrison were also careful not to mention China when they announced the new pact - which will see Australia provided with its first ever fleet of at least eight nuclear subs - on Wednesday night, though made their intentions clear with references to 'democracy, freedom of navigation, and security'.

Taiwan - which considers itself to be an independent nation but is viewed by Beijing as a self-governing Chinese province - fears invasion from the mainland after Xi Jinping committed himself to 'reunifying' the island in a 2019 speech, saying he reserves the right to use force if necessary.

The UK and US have already been conducting increased freedom of navigation patrols through the Strait of Taiwan and around the Spratly and Paracel Islands - which contain Chinese military bases - and the addition of at least eight nuclear submarines to Australia's fleet will bolster these efforts.

But New Zealand, led by left-wing Jacninda Arden, has been left out of the alliance after adopting a set of increasingly soft China stances in recent years - and has now vowed to ban the new Australian submarines from its waters under its anti-nuclear policies.

Meanwhile, Japan fears China's increasingly-assertive navy, which now frequently conducts patrols that skirt its territorial waters including with its new aircraft carriers. Tokyo has beefed up its military presence around several disputed islands in response, raising fears of an accidental conflict.

Japan is also fending off increased threats from North Korea's missile programme, with Kim Jong Un now possessing nuclear-capable cruise missiles that can range almost the entire Japanese mainland.

Beijing condemned the new pact, with foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian denouncing 'Cold War zero-sum thinking' which he said 'seriously undermines regional peace and stability and intensifies the arms race.'

'The export of highly sensitive nuclear submarine technology by the United States and Britain to Australia once again proves that they use nuclear exports as a tool of geopolitical games and adopt double standards, which is extremely irresponsible,' Zhao added.

France also hit out at the deal because it tears up a $90billion contract it held to build 12 new conventionally-powered subs for Australia, with just $2billion spent.

Foreign minister Yves Le-Drian said France had been 'stabbed in the back', while defence minister Florence Parly added: 'The American choice to exclude a European ally and partner such as France . . . shows a lack of coherence that France can only note and regret.'


Australia's new nuclear submarine fleet won't be welcome in New Zealand, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has warned.

The new submarines are the centrepiece of a new security deal - known as AUKUS - agreed to by Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom and announced on Thursday morning.

New Zealand has been left out of the alliance, despite being a member of the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network, along with AUKUS members and Canada.

The Kiwi leader said the formation of AUKUS 'in no way changes our security and intelligence ties with these three countries'.

'We welcome the increased engagement of the UK and US in the region and reiterate our collective objective needs to be the delivery of peace and stability and the preservation of the international rules based system,' she said.

The deal also side-lines and Canada - who together with the UK, US, Australia and New Zealand makes up the Cold War-era Five Eyes intelligence alliance. While AUKUS is not a straight replacement for Five Eyes, it is almost certain to reduce its importance.

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9996453/Britain-build-Australias-fleet-NUCLEAR-submarines-new-security-pact.html

With the high level of poverty and hardship in the world, the west are still investing in weaponry.
Look how many subs and destroyers they flaunt. The cost of producing just one of them can lift a 300 people out of poverty.

Great

Righteousness2:
Australia having Nukes and Submarines to Protect its people is a good one but they have goofed by Puting their Hope in Nations that are under the torch light of GOD ALMIGHTY for Destruction.

USA of today Aka the Sleeping Giant is on Full speed to Destruction. It is so clear to any Eyes that can see that the USA of today is fast forwarding the Destruction of America.

You can't see a Nation whose Presidency house is covered in Abomination colors. A Presidency sold out to Advancing , Defending and Inventing Wickedness. What a very Bad move by Australia. I see China Licking them up , Except they Quickly pull out from this Destructive Deal.

GOD ALMIGHTY has a Controversy with the Nations and Great Judgement is Looming on Nations that have Followed after Sodom and Gomorrah.

Nomerica has Crossed the Red line! The U.K. Following in the same Evils.
Right now It is Destruction! Destruction! Destruction !

Argue with your Ancestors!

When did u start saying argue with your ancestors

A deal that will come if age in 2040? By the time, US would have lost all of its former glory, china's military would have been so strong that US wouldn't dare to challenge them.

Nothing to celebrate there.

Argue with your ancestors… that dude has gone mad