The Government of Australia invests about 11.5 billion Australian dollars ($ 8.47 billion) in the construction and modernization of defense facilities in South Australia. Costs for projects, including within the framework of the new Auukus Alliance, revealed the Prime Minister of Scott Morrison, reports TASS.
Funds will be aimed at financing two projects for Australia Navy.
“The first of them, adopted within the partnership of Auukus, is to build nuclear submarines. More than 6.4 billion Australian dollars ($ 4.7 billion) will be aimed at the modernization of the dock of the full cycle in Osborne and the extension of the service of the current submarine Australia’s Navy, “said Morrison.
More about 5.1 billion Australian dollars (3.7 billion US dollars) The authhral government will invest in the modernization of the Hobart class destroyers combat systems. According to the prime minister, these investments will help to give the impetus to the development of the shipbuilding industry and create about 1.6 thousand jobs.
Earlier it was reported that the United Kingdom, USA and Australia agreed on a partnership in the field of defense and security. In the framework of the Alliance called Aukus (the abbreviation of the names of the three member countries: Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States) of the countries intend to contribute to the exchange of technologies. The goal of the partnership is to simplify the exchange of information and technological innovations, as well as in the appearance of attacking strikes from large distances.