Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said that under the AUKUS alliance agreements, the place where the submarines will be built will be the Australian Navy’s shipyards in Adelaide. He told this to reporters TASS.
According to him, all tasks for the creation of submarines will be carried out by shipyards in South Australia, and the infrastructure for their maintenance will be located in the west of the continent.
It was previously reported that Australia plans As part of the AUKUS project, purchase up to five Virginia nuclear submarines from the United States.
The Sydney Morning Herald reported that Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will travel to the United States next week to negotiate a deal to build a nuclear submarine.
The Australian prime minister, his British counterpart Rishi Sunak and US President Joe Biden will meet in the US next week as part of the cooperation under the military alliance of the three countries, AUKUS. According to the publication, Australia’s submarine plans are expected to be announced after the meeting, which will cost at least $100 billion.