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Australia has “absolutely” not vowed to support the U.S. in a conflict over Taiwan in return for U.S. Virginia-class submarines, Australia’s Defence Minister Richard Marles said on Sunday. Australia, the U.S. and Britain this week unveiled the multi-decade AUKUS project in which Australia will buy the U.S. military submarines before joint British and Australian production and operation of a new submarine class, SSN-AUKUS. Australia’s centre-left Labor government believes the A$368-billion (US$244.06-billion) deal is necessary given Chinese military buildup in the region, which it has labelled the largest since World War Two. Asked on ABC television if, in return for access...
