AUKUS's Politics In Indo-Pacific!
AUKUS is a trilateral pact between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States mainly aimed to provide Australia nuclear-powered submarines. As part of this alliance, Australia would build nuclear-powered submarines with the technology provided by the US. This trilateral security partnership would consolidate power shift to balance that is likely to shift towards China. The plan is to give Australia access to cutting-edge military technologies by its two partners in an alliance including futuristic capabilities. Nuclear-powered vessels are much superior and more efficient to diesel-electric subs as comparative analysis is given below.
Diesel-electric subs have electric motors charged by diesel engines, are much smaller, cheaper to run and maintain, need to resurface regularly to take oxygen and recharge batteries, and can move with the speed of 10-27kmph while nuclear-powered subs are powered by nuclear reactors, are larger, expensive infrastructure and maintenance can stay underwater for an indefinite time and have a maximum speed of 38-47kmph.
Until now, only six nations have nuclear-powered vessels including the US, UK, France, China, Russia, and India. These countries could precisely be called nuclear-powered vessels hegemons.
Now let us talk, about how the world sees this deal. France has called its ambassadors back from US and Australia as it has canceled the $66 billion agreement with Paris for conventional subs. This alludes to a rack in relations within the NATO allies in the western block. China sees this deal as an inclusive attempt to counter China in indo-pacific. According to Chinese envoys, this deal would merely intensify the arms race and a threat to regional peace and stability.
America’s condescending attitude towards South Asian countries is likely to diminish as China seems to tackle the world’s economic suzerainty by 2050. It would be virtually impossible for America to counter China exclusively but such similar pacts could resist the power shift to a more inclusive one.
Diesel-electric subs have electric motors charged by diesel engines, are much smaller, cheaper to run and maintain, need to resurface regularly to take oxygen and recharge batteries, and can move with the speed of 10-27kmph while nuclear-powered subs are powered by nuclear reactors, are larger, expensive infrastructure and maintenance can stay underwater for an indefinite time and have a maximum speed of 38-47kmph.
Until now, only six nations have nuclear-powered vessels including the US, UK, France, China, Russia, and India. These countries could precisely be called nuclear-powered vessels hegemons.
Now let us talk, about how the world sees this deal. France has called its ambassadors back from US and Australia as it has canceled the $66 billion agreement with Paris for conventional subs. This alludes to a rack in relations within the NATO allies in the western block. China sees this deal as an inclusive attempt to counter China in indo-pacific. According to Chinese envoys, this deal would merely intensify the arms race and a threat to regional peace and stability.
America’s condescending attitude towards South Asian countries is likely to diminish as China seems to tackle the world’s economic suzerainty by 2050. It would be virtually impossible for America to counter China exclusively but such similar pacts could resist the power shift to a more inclusive one.