On the face of the announcements made so far, the deal complies with international law, despite accusations to the contrary from China and other critics.
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The plan will see Australia supplied with nuclear-propulsion submarines more than a decade earlier than preciously envisaged.
The first AUKUS-class submarine will be delivered in the 2040s. We may only get about a decade of use before adversaries can easily detect the new boats.
The AUKUS agreement has all the Morrison hallmarks: his own work, conceived and executed in secrecy, kept to the smallest possible round of colleagues, details to be worked out much later, and little concern for the incidental fallout, writes Michelle Grattan
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