Next-generation UK attack submarine may be fully collaborative AUKUS design, Defence Secretary says
Australian submariners will train with UK RN counterparts on the newly commissioned HMS Anson under the AUKUS agreement. (Photo: UK MoD/ Crown Copyright)
A ‘collaborative sub’ design with AUKUS partners is a future option for the UK, according to Ben Wallace.
UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has said the design of the UK’s next attack submarine could be a ‘collaborative sub’ fully shared with AUKUS partners Australia and the US.
Speaking during a press conference following the commissioning of the fifth RN Astute-class submarine HMS Anson, Wallace said the ‘ultimate’ culmination of AUKUS, in his view, was to produce a boat in the 2030s that is ‘truly collaborative’.
Standing alongside Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles, Wallace said: “The ultimate is all of us to get through to 2030 where we produce a submarine that is, in my view, truly
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