{"id":1974488,"date":"2023-07-16T13:59:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T17:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-foreign-relations-committee-approves-transfer-of-nuclear-submarines-to-australia\/"},"modified":"2023-07-16T14:02:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T18:02:35","slug":"senate-foreign-relations-committee-approves-transfer-of-nuclear-submarines-to-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-foreign-relations-committee-approves-transfer-of-nuclear-submarines-to-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Foreign Relations Committee Approves Nuclear Submarine Transfer to Australia."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenate-foreign-relations-committee-approves-transfer-of-nuclear-submarines-to-australia%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1974488&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div\u2062 class=\"post_content\">\n\u200c \u2064 <div\u2064 class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0716\/399aac54-62d0-4311-a8ba-b9d2bf522e49\/audio.mp3?length=9351117&#038;duration=779\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p> \u2063\u200d <\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Foreign \u200bRelations Senate Committee\u2064 has \u2063initiated the process of \u200cobtaining U.S. Congressional approval \u200cfor the United \u2063States to \u200btemporarily provide \u200cAustralia\u2062 with two nuclear-powered \u2064submarines. This\u200d move is\u2064 part \u200bof a \u200dbroader effort to \u2062deepen\u200c defense\u200c sharing \u2063within \u2064the AUKUS \u200ddefense\u200b alliance, which is committed to promoting \u2064liberty.<\/p>\n<p>In a\u2064 bipartisan move on \u200cJuly 13, the \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tokyo-olympic-social-media-teams-barred-from-posting-photos-of-protesting-athletes-report\/\" title=\"Tokyo Olympic Social Media Teams Barred From Posting Photos Of Protesting Athletes: Report\">committee authorized<\/a> the transfer of \u2063two \u2064used Virginia-class <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-u-k-to-help-australia-get-nuclear-submarines\/\" title=\"U.S., U.K. to help Australia get nuclear submarines\">nuclear-powered submarines<\/a> \u2064from the United\u200d States to Australia. It also approved the \u200csale of a\u200c third unspecified \u2062submarine.\u2062 These measures aim \u200cto \u200dstrengthen\u2064 Australia&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">defense capabilities<\/a> and support \u200dthe\u2064 development of\u200c their own submarine \u200dindustrial base.<\/p>\n<p> \u200b <\/p>\n<p>The bill,\u200c presented as an amendment in the State \u2063Authorization\u2062 Act\u2064 of 2023, \u2063expedites the transfer\u2062 of secret U.S.\u200c military hardware to Australia \u2064and \u2062the \u200bUK over the next five \u200cyears. This prioritizes \u200bthe AUKUS \u200bmembers, \u2062placing \u2063them just\u200c behind Taiwan and Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>  \u200b<\/p>\n<figure \u2063id=\"attachment_3785952\" \u200cstyle=\"width: 600px\" \u2064class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n\u2063   \u200d <a\u200b href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2021\/04\/21\/Bob-Menendez-1200x800.jpg\"><br \/>\n\u200c  \u200b\u2062  \u2063  \u200c<figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption>\u200c \u2062  <\/a><br \/>\n \u200c  \u2064 \u200dChairman\u200b Sen. Robert \u200bMenendez (D-N.J.) \u2064speaks\u2064 at a hearing of the\u2064 Senate \u2063Foreign Relations Committee \u2062on\u2063 Capitol Hill in Washington \u2063on\u200d March 23, 2021. (Greg \u2064Nash-Pool\/Getty \u200dImages)<br \/>\n \u200d\u200c <\/figure>\n<p>\u200b  <\/p>\n<p>While no\u200b specific date has been \u2062specified for \u2064the transfer of the submarines,\u2064 the \u200cAUKUS agreement signed \u200cin\u200d March by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, \u2062UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, and U.S. \u2063President\u2064 Joe \u200cBiden outlined a timeline\u2062 for early to\u200c mid-2030.\u2064 The agreement also promised\u200d Australia three Virginia-class submarines.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate committee&#8217;s amendment is expected to\u200b pass\u2063 with bipartisan support in the\u200c coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p> \u200c <\/p>\n<h2>Challenges to Resolve<\/h2>\n<p>However, there \u200bmay be\u2063 challenges in\u200c Congress regarding the timing\u2064 and \u200bnumber of\u200d submarines\u2064 heading to Australia. \u2063The U.S.\u2064 fleet is currently facing maintenance backlogs \u200band \u200cconstruction delays.<\/p>\n<p>U.S.\u2064 shipyards \u200care currently \u2064producing fewer \u2062Virginia-class\u200c submarines \u2063than targeted,\u200b resulting \u200din\u2064 a\u2063 slower\u200d replacement rate\u200c for\u200d retiring\u2062 vessels. The Chief of \u200bU.S. Naval \u200dOperations,\u2062 Admiral Michael \u2062Gilday, \u2064stated that production is\u200d currently\u2063 hampered at around 1.2 vessels per year.<\/p>\n<p>\u200c \u2064 <\/p>\n<p>Despite\u2062 these\u2064 challenges, \u2063both Admiral Gilday\u2062 and\u2064 senior \u2063Biden advisor \u200dKurt\u2064 Campbell \u200cbelieve \u2062that the necessary \u200ccapacity will be delivered, although no specific deadline \u2064has been set.<\/p>\n<p>Last\u2064 month, the U.S. Navy released\u200d its \u200bnewest Virginia-class attack \u2063submarine, the \u200bUSS\u200c Iowa, marking \u200dcompletion \u2063at a \u2062shipyard\u200d in \u200dGroton,\u200d Connecticut.<\/p>\n<p>\u200c  \u2062<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. \u2062currently has 21 Virginia-class \u2062vessels \u200don duty, falling short \u2064of\u200d the\u2064 66-boat \u200bforce-level \u200cgoal\u200d outlined by Congress in 2016. The Biden\u2064 administration aims to have\u200b 66 \u200dto\u2063 72\u2063 vessels in \u2064its fleet.<\/p>\n<p> \u200c <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, \u2063China&#8217;s submarine fleet is expected to \u2062grow from 66 vessels to 76 by 2030, with the\u2062 Chinese \u200dCommunist\u2064 Party&#8217;s \u200dnavy\u2062 currently having 56 submarines\u2062 in its\u200d fleet.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"morearticles\"><strong>Read More<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2063 \u200d   <\/p>\n<div \u2062class=\"post_list\">\n \u200b  \u200b \u200d \u200c <\/p>\n<div \u200dclass=\"article\">\n \u200b \u200c \u2063    \u2063\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/china-may-be-retrofitting-nuclear-submarine-with-new-missile-system_4463664.html\">China \u2064May\u2063 be Retrofitting Nuclear \u200bSubmarine \u200bwith \u2062New \u2063Missile System<\/a><br \/>\n   \u200d  \u2062 <\/div>\n<p>\u200c    <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p> \u200d <\/p>\n<p>Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned of\u200b challenges\u2062 in the American industrial base,\u200c emphasizing the \u200bneed \u200cfor \u2063reinvestment and bipartisan support. Congress \u2064has \u2063now \u2063capped defense spending for \u200cthe next\u200d two years, leading\u200c to difficult \u2064decisions.<\/p>\n<p>  \u2063<\/p>\n<p>The AUKUS\u2063 pact\u200c was \u200bborn out of Australia&#8217;s \u200bneed to\u2063 upgrade its submarine \u200bfleet\u2064 in \u2064response to China&#8217;s rapid militarization. Nuclear-powered submarines will \u2064provide\u2062 Australia with \u2064the ability to\u2063 operate stealthily in contested waters.<\/p>\n<p> \u200c \u2064<\/p>\n<p>To \u2063date, \u200cthe \u2063United States has only shared its nuclear-powered \u200dsubmarine technology with the United\u2062 Kingdom. Canada\u2063 and New Zealand, both Five-eyes\u200b partners, \u200cdo not have\u200d access\u2062 to this \u200ctechnology through AUKUS.<\/p>\n<p>\u200b \u200b <\/p>\n<p>Australia will \u200buse the U.S.&#8217;s Virginia-class submarines\u2064 as \u200dconventionally-armed \u200bvessels. As Australia prohibits nuclear power generation, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-foreign-relations-committee-approves-transfer-of-nuclear-submarines-to-australia\/\" title=\"Senate Foreign Relations Committee Approves Nuclear Submarine Transfer to Australia.\">weapons-grade uranium fuel required<\/a> for\u2062 the submarines will\u2064 be\u2062 processed overseas\u200d and \u2064returned as drum waste.<\/p>\n<p> \u200c \u2064<\/p>\n<p>The\u2064 bill also includes\u2062 provisions\u200c for \u2064Australia&#8217;s \u200cfinancial contributions\u2063 to the U.S. Treasury, \u200cthe \u200dcreation\u200c of\u200b an AUKUS Senior Advisor position within\u200d the\u2064 State \u2064Department, and the\u2063 easing\u2063 of \u200darms export controls\u2064 to Australia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Foreign Relations Senate Committee has initiated the process for U.S. Congressional approval to temporarily provide Australia with two nuclear-powered submarines. This action also aims to enhance defense cooperation within the AUKUS alliance, promoting liberty. On July 13, the committee authorized this bipartisan measure, along with other steps to strengthen defense sharing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":151,"featured_media":1974489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1974488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/151"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1974488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1974489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1974488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1974488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1974488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}