Shadow defence minister Andrew Hastie has revealed what he thinks Australia needs to do now in addition to the AUKUS deal to be able to defend itself in the event of war.
Shadow defence minister Andrew Hastie has declared Australia should buy submarines"off the shelf" from the United States or United Kingdom in addition to securing the nuclear-propelled boats through AUKUS amid the growing threat of war in the Pacific.
Mr Hastie told Peter Stefanovic in Sky News Australia's documentary Are We Ready For War? that Australia should be buy submarines off the shelf now as well as securing those boats through the AUKUS deal. “My view is that we should be building our industrial capacity here and we should also be seeking to get two boats off a production line out of the US if not the US then the UK.”“It really does involve all three countries making significant efforts to step up to the plate to make this occur,” Mr Marles previously told ABC News Breakfast.
Shadow defence minister Andrew Hastie said Australia should buy nuclear-powered submarines"off the shelf" from either the United Kingdom or United States.
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