https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/17/australia-aukus-spending-delays-nuclear-submarines

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As Australia’s Aukus spending blows out further, US submarine building falls years further behind: the strongest signal yet that America’s promised Virginia-class submarines are increasingly unlikely to ever materialise under Australian command.

This week the US navy admitted it would take until 2032 before it was building two Virginia-class boats a year – still below the rate needed to supply Australia.

Australia’s budget, released Tuesday, put an extra $400m towards the Aukus agreement over the next three years: the Australian Submarine Agency’s total resourcing is now $2.13bn to the middle of 2029.

In addition, Australia has sent A$2.76bn (US$2bn) to the US, and A$863m (£469m) to the UK, to boost their flagging submarine-building industrial bases.

It remains a fraction of the total: to 2055, the Aukus deal is conservatively estimated to cost Australia $368bn.

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But the US Congress and navy, on which Australia will depend for its first nuclear-powered submarines – two second-hand Virginia-class attack submarines – continues to signal that it is not building enough submarines for its own fleet, let alone any to sell to Australia.

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 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/17/australia-aukus-spending-delays-nuclear-submarines