Tag: AUKUS

Australian Nuclear Subs Will Be Banned From New Zealand Waters: Ardern

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has declared that Australia’s future fleet of nuclear submarines won’t be allowed into New Zealand’s territorial waters. Establishing a nuclear-powered fleet in Australia, the first step of the newly announced trilateral security partnership AUKUS will see the UK and the United States partner with Australia to “significantly deepen cooperation on a…


AUKUS Is the New ANZUS: Diplomacy Expert

The “historic” trilateral security pact between Australia, the United States, and the UK will take precedence over the existing and long-running ANZUS treaty involving New Zealand and the U.S. Joseph Siracusa, adjunct professor of international diplomacy at Curtin University said the “AUKUS” alliance was really an “updating” of the Australia, New Zealand, and United States…


Australia to Acquire Tomahawk Cruise Missiles Amid Historic US, UK Alliance

Australia will acquire Tomahawk missiles from the United States as part of the freshly minted AUKUS security agreement inked with America and the United Kingdom. The new Australia, United Kingdom, and United States (AUKUS) agreement will see Australia become one of the only countries in the world to operate nuclear-powered submarines, despite ratifying the non-nuclear…


Australia to Acquire Tomahawk Cruise Missiles, 8 Nuclear Subs Amid Historic US, UK Alliance

Australia will acquire Tomahawk missiles and at least eight nuclear submarines from the United States as part of the freshly minted AUKUS security agreement inked with America and the United Kingdom. The new Australia, United Kingdom, and United States (AUKUS) agreement will see Australia become one of the only countries in the world to operate…


NZ’s Absence From New Military Alliance ‘Disappointing’: NZ Opposition Leader

Opposition leader Judith Collins says the absence of New Zealand from the newly formed trilateral security partnership AUKUS is “concerning” and leaves many questions for the Ardern government to answer. “It’s disappointing that after many years of New Zealand’s co-operation with our traditional allies, the current government appears to have been unable to participate in…