Australian sailors are to begin training aboard British nuclear submarines as part of the Australia-UK-US submarine agreement. The training plan was announced by British Defense Minister Ben Wallace as he hosted his Australian counterpart, Richard Marles, who was on his first visit to the United Kingdom since Australia’s new government’s taking office in May, reported Reuters. “Today is a significant milestone in the UK and Australia’s preparation to confront growing threats to the liberal democratic order, especially in the Indo Pacific,” Wallace said. “Not only have we progressed our defense planning but Minister Marles participated in the commissioning of our latest attack submarine, on which Royal Australian Navy submariners will be embarked as we develop our shared capabilities in the years ahead.”
HMS Anson, the fifth of seven Astute-class submarines, was commissioned into the Royal Navy at manufacturer BAE Systems’ site in Barrow-in-Furness, northern England, on Wednesday.
