The AUKUS Trilateral Security Pact

ISBN-13: 9786204724942 / Angielski / Miękka / 88 str.

Vassilios Sitaras

Opis

As a true bolt out of the sky, the AUKUS announcement shocked the entire World on 15/9/2021. The trilateral consultations leading to its conclusion were held "top secret" for several months between Australia (A), Britain (UK) and the United States (US). Most of the relative background is classified, and it will probably remain for many decades to come. The exact content of this security pact is also to be further clarified within the following years, because, for the time being, there has been only a general "framework agreement". This provides for Australia to receive nuclear propulsion technology, in order to construct a future class of attack submarines (SSNs), most likely eight in number. This small book is just a preliminary assessment of the facts publicly revealed in the first two months since the official announcement (15/9 - 15/11/2021). Although they represent just the tip of the iceberg, they can provide some ground for analysis and comment. We shall also attempt some guessing of the shape of things to come, i.e. to identify the most likely hardware resulting out of the deal.

O autorze

Sitaras, VassiliosDr Vassilios Sitaras (Athens 1971), a diplomat by profession, has been writing on military and security affairs for the past 29 years. He has published around 350 articles and seven books, including two in English by Lambert. This is the second one, while the first, COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE F111 AND F35 PROGRAMS, appeared in March 2020.