SECURITYASIA TIMES
Australia is the victim of an AUKUS ‘bait and switch’
Australia will receive three second-hand Virginia-class, nuclear-powered submarines from the U.S. under a revised AUKUS agreement, replacing the original plan. The change has sparked accusations of a 'bait and switch' in Canberra.
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