Australia will allow the UK to use its naval bases in Perth to accommodate atomic submarines and patrol the water area of the South China Sea, reports Daily Mail with reference to a source in the Australian defense department.
It is expected that the decision to place the British atomic submarines on military bases in Perth, adopted as part of the Aukus military partnership (Australia, UK and the USA, created in September 2021), will be announced next week in Sydney. . During its implementation in the next few months, the nuclear submarines of the British Navy (Navy) will arrive for deployment to the western coast of the continent, and Australian military will be enrolled in their crews to study atomic submarines and advanced training.
The exact number of British Navy atomic submarines, which will be deployed in Australia, remains classified, while it is already known that their main task will be to patrol the water area of the South Chinese Sea and “restraining the growing ambitions of China in the region.”