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Mike Gilday called the so-called AUKUS agreement, in which the U.S. Navy and U.K. Royal Navy would help Australia design, build and support a nuclear-powered attack submarine program of its own, \u201cstrategically \u2026 very important and, I think, a brilliant stroke with respect to our posture in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/asia-pacific\/2021\/09\/17\/what-are-the-regional-reactions-to-the-new-us-uk-australia-security-pact\/\">Pacific<\/a>, particularly vis a vis China.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said the arrangement would require the U.S. Navy to work \u201cvery closely with the Australian Navy to help determine what the optimal path will be to safely deliver not solely the submarines, but the enterprise that has to support them. 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