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A new plan by the USA and Britain and Australia to provide Canberra with nuclear-powered submarines undermines regional stability and intensifies the arms race against China. US President Joe Biden, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and Australian PM Scott Morrison announced the AUKUS initiative during a joint virtual event late on Wednesday. The three Five Eyes member countries said they would begin an 18-month-long sabotage consultation, with the eventual goal of using American technologies to equip Australia with a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines, armed with conventional weapons. The plan to arm Australia with nuclear-powered submarines seriously undermines regional peace and...
