{"id":26255,"date":"2023-09-06T17:44:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T17:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=26255"},"modified":"2023-09-07T06:41:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T06:41:32","slug":"dod-official-says-aukus-partnership-strengthens-indo-pacific-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=26255","title":{"rendered":"DOD Official Says AUKUS Partnership Strengthens Indo-Pacific Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p>The 2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/National-Defense-Strategy\/\">National Defense Strategy<\/a> 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.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!--popup--><\/p>\n<p>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.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In September 2021, leaders of Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States announced the creation of AUKUS. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Under this partnership, Australia has demonstrated a commitment to purchasing conventionally-armed, nuclear-powered submarines, she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The United States, United Kingdom and Australia have committed to conducting naval nuclear propulsion cooperation in a manner that is fully consistent with our respective legal obligations, and that sets the highest nonproliferation standard. We are moving out swiftly,&#8221; Karlin said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!--popup--><\/p>\n<p>This year, three Australian officers have graduated from U.S. nuclear power school and the USS North Carolina, a Virginia-class attack submarine, conducted the first port visit to Australia, she noted.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. and Australia are also enhancing cooperation on other critical military capabilities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In April, under the auspices of the Artificial Intelligence Working Group, we trilaterally demonstrated the joint deployment of artificial intelligence-enabled assets in a collaborative swarm to detect and track military targets in real time,&#8221; Karlin said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Karlin noted that the trilateral partnership isn&#8217;t only about defense. The State and Commerce departments are also integral to the trilateral relationship, as is the support of Congress.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!--popup--><\/p>\n<p>There are several areas which require congressional legislation, she said, including authorization to sell Virginia-class submarines to Australia as an interim capability, training Australia&#8217;s submarine workforce and enabling export licensing exemptions.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We cannot implement AUKUS without your critical support in all of these areas,&#8221; she said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. needs to expand defense cooperation with partners in the Indo-Pacific region even more, she said. &#8220;The U.S. network of alliances and partnerships is a strategic advantage that competitors cannot match.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2022\u00a0National 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.\u00a0 AUKUS, the enhanced trilateral security partnership among Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States is a critical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":26257,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26255"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26258,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26255\/revisions\/26258"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}