Analysis: Only six nations currently possess nuclear-powered submarines. Australia is about to join the club
The days when Australia could be accurately described as a middle power are about to end.
Australia’s role in the AUKUS partnership – beginning with the acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines – will transform how the world sees us. It should also transform how Australians see themselves, dispelling the deep-seated notion we are plucky but not hugely consequential players on the international stage.
Thanks to the AUKUS pact, Australia will become the seventh member of this exclusive club. It will be the only one with a population under 65 million and the only one that doesn’t have nuclear weapons. Only countries that feel a need to project power far beyond their shores look at such staggering numbers and consider them a good investment. Middle powers certainly don’t, meaning it’s time to stop thinking of ourselves in such terms.Nuclear-powered submarines will allow the Australian Navy to reach as far as the South China Sea and the East China Sea.
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