This Tapei Times articles - quoted USSC director of foreign policy and defence Ashley Townshend - reports that the US announced a new alliance with Australia and Britain to strengthen military capabilities in the face of a rising China, with Canberra to receive a nuclear submarine fleet and US cruise missiles.
Defence17 September 2021
Australia to get subs in new alliance
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