US Senators Warn President Biden Against Providing Australia With Nuclear Subs

U.S. President Joe Biden participates in a virtual press conference on national security with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (R) and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 15, 2021. The three leaders announced the AUKUS defence partnership between their countries. Brendan Smialkowski/AFP via Getty Images

Two U.S. Senators have raised major concerns over the trilateral AUKUS deal between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, saying that the supply of U.S. nuclear-powered submarines (SSN) to Australia could weaken America’s submarine fleet.

In a letter sent to the Biden Administration on Dec. 21, 2022, Senators’ Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and James Inhofe (R-Okla.) warned that the AUKUS deal would leave the U.S. Navy without sufficient submarines, while taking decades to supply the Australian fleet, reported Breaking Defense.