The U.S. Navy’s Virginia-class submarine New Jersey is moved at HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division in April 2022. (Ashley Cowan/HII)
Since Australia, the United States and Britain announced details of the plan for Australia to acquire a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines almost 18 months ago, the nation’s AUKUS debate has existed in two parallel universes, Matthew Knott argues in The Sydney Morning Herald.
