Pentagon Reviewing Submarine Defense Partnership With UK and Australia

Since its inception in 2021, the AUKUS trilateral security partnership has focused heavily on providing Australia with more advanced nuclear-powered submarines.

National flags of Australia, Great Britain, and the United States in front of the USS Asheville, a Los Angeles-class nuclear powered fast attack submarine, during a tour of HMAS Stirling in Perth, Australia, on March 16, 2023. AAP Image/Richard Wainwright

The U.S. Department of Defense has begun reviewing its trilateral security cooperation partnership with the United Kingdom and Australia, known as AUKUS, a U.S. defense official has told The Epoch Times.

The defense official said the review of the AUKUS, which formed during President Joe Biden’s term, seeks to determine whether the defense partnership is consistent with President Donald Trump’s current agenda.