US Navy declares Australia ready to start hosting nuclear subs ‘today’

[Warning: Australian media can cause eye damage, stupidity and woke-think. It will also riddle your browser with spyware as all Western media does.]

Washington: The US Navy has dispelled doubts about Australia’s readiness to host American and British nuclear-powered submarines at HMAS Stirling next year, declaring the boats could be sent there “today”.

Admiral Samuel Paparo, the commander of US Indo-Pacific Command, was asked during a US Senate hearing about Australia’s upgrades at the naval base that would allow foreign subs to start being based there in 2027, which is the current AUKUS timeline.

“We could move submarines to Stirling today – that’s been the progress at Stirling,” he said. “I laid eyes on it multiple times. The commitment is there, the progress is there.”

Questioned by Democratic senator Tim Kaine, Paparo reiterated that the major constraint on the $368 billion-plus deal was the industrial capacity of the three countries involved: the US, Australia and the UK.

“The place where we have to make the most progress is in the defence industrial base,” Paparo said. “But our partners in Australia, UK … it has been full throttle. It’s now as much up to industry as anything else.”

The comments appeared to quell unease from some AUKUS watchers in Washington and elsewhere that HMAS Stirling would not be ready to host a US Virginia-class submarine by next year.

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https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/us-navy-declares-australia-ready-to-start-hosting-nuclear-subs-today-20260422-p5zpxw.html