Australia makes $500 mln AUKUS payment ahead of US defence secretary meeting
nuclear submarine deal ahead of a meeting between their defence heads on Friday in Washington.
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Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles said the gesture showed Canberra is paying its way as a security partner.
Marles will be the first foreign counterpart hosted by U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth since his confirmation in the role. They are expected to discuss security in the Indo Pacific region and the growing U.S. military presence in Australia.
In early meetings with the Trump Administration, Australia has emphasised plans to double its annual defence budget over the next decade to A$100 billion ($63 billion) and notes that the United States has its second-largest trade surplus of $32 billion with Australia.
Under AUKUS, Australia will pay the United States $3 billion to boost the capacity of the U.S. submarine industry, and Washington will sell several Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarines to Australia, while Britain and Australia will later build a new AUKUS-class submarine.
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