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AUKUS

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Organization.name: AUKUS
Organization.image: File:AUKUS logo.png
Organization.image_size: 120px
Organization.map: AUKUS signatories map.svg
Organization.map_alt: A world map with Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States coloured in green; all remaining countries are in grey
Organization.map_size: 300px
Organization.map_caption: Member states shown in dark green
Organization.abbreviation: AUKUS
Organization.type: Military technology partnership
Organization.purpose: Collective security
Organization.region: Indo-Pacific
Organization.full_name

Article

31 sections

Contents

Background
Naval Group–Australia strategic partnership agreement
Australia–UK–US negotiations
Features
Pillar 1 – Nuclear-powered submarines
Pillar 2 – Advanced Capabilities
Undersea Capabilities
Quantum Technologies
Advanced Cyber
Hypersonic and Counter-Hypersonic Capabilities
Other Pillar 2 activities
Expansion
Japan
New Zealand
Others
Nuclear proliferation concerns
Comments and responses from participating countries
Australia
United Kingdom
United States
International responses
Japan
France
China
Other countries
European Union
Summits
See also
Notes
References
External links

AUKUS ( ), also styled as Aukus, is a trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States intended to "promote a free and open Indo-Pacific that is secure and stable." Initially announced on 15 September 2021, the partnership involves two lines of effort referred to as pillars. Pillar 1 focuses on Australia acquiring nuclear-powered attack submarines and the rotational basing of US and UK nuclear-powered attack submarines in Australia. Pillar 2 entails the collaborative development of advanced capabilities in six technological areas: undersea capabilities, quantum technologies, artificial intelligence and autonomy, advanced cyber, hypersonic and counter-hypersonic capabilities, and electronic warfare; and in two broader functional areas: innovation and information sharing.

AUKUS is widely seen as a response to the perception among its members that the People's Republic of China poses a threat to the Indo-Pacific region. The Chinese government said, when the partnership was announced, that it risked "severely damaging regional peace" and had a "cold-war mentality".