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Construction is slated to take place locally at Osborne in South Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, U.S. President Joe Biden and U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson jointly announced the formation of a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2021\/09\/15\/new-pact-with-the-us-and-uk-is-set-to-sink-australias-historic-submarine-buy-from-france\/\">tripartite alliance<\/a> known as AUKUS on Thursday (local time), under which the first initiative will to build at least eight nuclear-powered submarines for the Royal Australian Navy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Morrison also announced that a previous $90 billion (US$65.88 billion) contract Australia holds with France\u2019s Naval Group for the construction of 12 conventional submarines, which were to have been known as the Attack class in Royal Australian Navy\u2019s service, has been terminated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A decision on the final number of new submarines is expected to be made by Canberra during the upcoming analysis phase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe intend to build these submarines in Adelaide, Australia in close cooperation with the United Kingdom and the United States,\u201d Morrison said, \u201cBut let me be clear: Australia is not seeking to acquire nuclear weapons or establish a civil nuclear capability and we will continue of meet all our nuclear non-proliferation obligations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The change to a nuclear-powered boat in lieu of the conventional submarine Australia was designing in conjunction with Naval Group and Lockheed Martin Australia (for the Combat System) was made as a result of the meeting between the three leaders at the G7 Summit held in the UK in June, during which the AUKUS alliance concept was formulated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decision is understood to have been brought about by the deteriorating security environment and rapidly evolving military technologies in the Indo-Pacific region, and it is enabled by new technology which allows Australia to build nuclear-powered boats that do not require a supporting civil nuclear industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Australia has spent around AU$2.4 billion (U.S. $1.76 billion) on the Attack-class design so far, but the additional cost of terminating the current contract is yet to be negotiated. The projected cost of the new future nuclear submarine has also yet to be determined or announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement following Thursday\u2019s announcement, Naval Group described the Australian decision a \u201cmajor\u201d disappointment. \u201cNaval Group was offering Australia a regionally superior conventional submarine with exceptional performances. A sovereign submarine capability making unrivaled commitments in terms of technology transfer, jobs and local content,\u201d the company said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor five years, Naval Group teams, both in France and in Australia, as well as our partners, have given their best and Naval Group has delivered on all its commitments.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company said an analysis of the consequences of the decision will be conducted with the Commonwealth of Australia in the coming days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The deputy secretary for the national naval shipbuilding program, Tony Dalton, told Defense News that \u201cthe decision to not proceed with the Attack Class Submarine Program was driven by a consideration of the strategic circumstances and the impact this has on Australia\u2019s submarine capability requirements.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt was not related to the performance of Naval Group or Lockheed Martin,\u201d Dalton added. \u201cOver the coming months, the Department will conduct negotiations with both Naval Group Australia and Lockheed Martin Australia to reach a fair and equitable agreement to wind up the Attack class submarine program. &#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The change of heart is likely to mean the Royal Australian Navy\u2019s Collins-class submarines will now remain in service, in diminishing numbers, until the late 2040s. 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