Defence Minister Richard Marles has warned at the moment the complete potential of the AUKUS settlement can solely be fulfilled with a "seamless" trade of expertise and knowledge between Australia and the US.
Australia will spend as much as $368 billion by 2055 to construct a brand new fleet of eight nuclear-propelled submarines in Adelaide to enter service within the 2040s below the landmark defence pact signed by Australia, the US and Britain.
However a secondary a part of AUKUS additionally requires cooperation on different defence applied sciences, comparable to undersea warfare, hypersonic weapons and synthetic intelligence.
In a speech to the American Chamber of Commerce in Adelaide at the moment, Marles mentioned the federal government is "targeted on creating uneven applied sciences that can assist deter future conflicts".
However the trade of applied sciences between the US and Australia confronted "huge and sophisticated" limitations, comparable to US export controls, he mentioned.
"What is actually clear is that if we're to understand the ambition of AUKUS, the switch of expertise and knowledge between Australia and the US must be seamless," he mentioned.
"It is a massive job – the limitations in each methods are huge and sophisticated. There isn't any silver bullet."
Marles mentioned Australian defence officers had held talks with their US counterparts in regards to the challenge of export controls on army expertise.
The latest Defence Strategic Evaluate known as for the federal government to spend money on new and revolutionary applied sciences for the Australian Defence Power.
Priorities are hypersonic missiles, directed power, autonomous methods, quantum expertise, data warfare and long-range firepower.
In March, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, US President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak met in San Diego as they hailed an 18-month-old nuclear partnership that permits Australia to entry nuclear-powered submarines, that are stealthier and extra succesful than conventionally-powered vessels.
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