DOD: AUKUS Partnership Strengthens Indo-Pacific Security, Seeing Successes In Indo-Pacific Strategy

The US, UK, and Australia have committed to conducting naval nuclear propulsion cooperation in a manner that is fully consistent with respective legal obligations.

Department of Defense: The 2022 National Defense Strategy describes China as the most consequential strategic competitor for the coming decades, highlights Indo-Pacific security and stability, and underscores the importance of new and fast-evolving technologies to meet the shifting global security environment.

AUKUS, the enhanced trilateral security partnership among Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States is a critical part of how those goals will be achieved, said Mara Karlin.

Performing the duties of the deputy undersecretary of defense for policy, she testified today at a  Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing.

Hearing Video, What Is AUKUS? DoD Says U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy Is Seeing Successes: