Aukus pact - live: China says deal makes Australia 'nuclear war target' as UK insists France relations 'solid' – NewsBreak

A senior Chinese military expert has said the newly-announced Aukus pact, which will see the UK and the US supply Australia with nuclear-powered submarines , puts the latter at risk of becoming a "potential target for nuclear strikes". Speaking to China 's state-run Global Times newspaper, the unnamed official said nations such as China and Russia would not treat Canberra as "an innocent non-nuclear power" but as "a US ally which could be armed with nuclear weapons [at] any time", adding that Australian PM Scott Morrison was putting his nation in danger. It comes after the news of Aukus sparked…