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BAE Selected to Build AUKUS Pillar II Subs for Australia
On September 15th, 2021, the United Staes, Australia, and the United Kingdom announced that the trilateral security agreement, dubbed AUKUS would spell out the strategic shift to the Indo-pacific. AUKUS is divided into two pillars: Submarines and Technology (radar, hypersonics, computers, and cyber). Pillar I was the most controversial due to Australia abandoning, without notice, negotiations with French Naval Group over the construction of the Attack-class boats, valued at 50B Euro, to replace the aging Collins-class boats. The announcement and cessation of negotiations wrinkled Australia French relations to the point of Paris recalling its ambassador.