Toward Decline
New mystery Chinese submarine highlights efforts to build up force - The Japan Times
Why it matters
China's continued submarine force expansion directly tilts the Indo-Pacific naval balance away from Australia's strategic interests and compounds the asymmetry AUKUS seeks to address. The article reinforces the strategic imperative for Australia to accelerate submarine capability—both in attack submarines and in anti-submarine warfare—to maintain deterrence credibility in contested waters and alliance solidarity with the US and UK.
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