{"id":4459,"date":"2026-06-02T20:12:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T17:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/u-s-commits-to-sale-of-3-virginia-nuclear-subs-to-australia\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T20:12:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T17:12:02","slug":"u-s-commits-to-sale-of-3-virginia-nuclear-subs-to-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/u-s-commits-to-sale-of-3-virginia-nuclear-subs-to-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Commits to Sale of 3 Virginia Nuclear Subs to Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The change marks a departure from the initial agreement under which Canberra was set to receive one new Virginia-class submarine along with two used vessels as part of the multi-billion-dollar AUKUS defense pact.<\/p>\n<p>Under AUKUS, Australia is working to acquire a fleet of advanced nuclear-powered fast attack submarines through a multi-decade defense partnership with Britain and the United States.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/t\/assets\/html\/tweet-5.html#2026388107679965321\" data-btlnk=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/2026388107679965321\" class=\"bnn-if-tweet\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"260\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>U.S. Defense Secretary <strong>Pete Hegseth<\/strong>, Australian Defense Minister <strong>Richard Marles<\/strong> and British Defense Secretary <strong>John Healey<\/strong> announced the revised procurement strategy during a recent AUKUS Defense Ministers Meeting held on the sidelines of the International Institute of Strategic Studies Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.<\/p>\n<p>The three defense chiefs welcomed the proposed streamlining of Australia&#8217;s Virginia-class submarine acquisition, noting the approach would simplify supply chain management, operational and maintenance requirements, and maximize cost efficiencies, as <em>Breitbart News<\/em> reports. The revised plan enables Australia to acquire three in-service Virginia-class submarines rather than a mix of new and used variants.<\/p>\n<p>Marles explained the rationale behind the modification was to simplify future submarine operations as Australia advances its naval preparations.<\/p>\n<p>The original plan called for Australia to extend the operational life of its conventional Collins-class submarines to operate alongside two used Virginia-class vessels, one new-build Virginia-class submarine, and the SSN-AUKUS submarine. Such an arrangement would have resulted in Australia operating four different classes of submarines simultaneously, creating significant operational complexity in fleet management.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/t\/assets\/html\/tweet-5.html#1451153793823895555\" data-btlnk=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1451153793823895555\" class=\"bnn-if-tweet\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"260\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The AUKUS agreement was first unveiled in September 2021 and is widely understood to be aimed at countering China&#8217;s expanding military presence in the Indo-Pacific region and its role in escalating tensions over disputed territories including the South China Sea.<\/p>\n<p>Beijing condemned the pact as extremely irresponsible when it was initially announced.<\/p>\n<p>Beginning in 2027, the agreement will permit both the United States and Britain to station a small number of nuclear submarines at a base in Perth, Western Australia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right\"><em>With information from <a href=\"https:\/\/breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Breitbart News<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. will now sell Australia three in-service Virginia-class nuclear submarines instead of the original mix of new and used vessels under the revised AUKUS defense pact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":4458,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[4838,3112,2936,2431,4085,209,4837],"nfg_topic":[135],"class_list":["post-4459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-aukus","tag-australia","tag-john-healey","tag-pete-hegseth","tag-richard-marles","tag-united-states","tag-virginia-class-submarines","nfg_topic-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4459"},{"taxonomy":"nfg_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nfg_topic?post=4459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}