According to information published by the government of the UK on January 21, 2022, the United Kingdom confirmed its commitment to support Australia to acquire nuclear-powered submarines.
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In September 2021 Australia scraped its French contract of Barracuda-class submarines to sign a trilateral security pact called AUKUS with the United Kingdom and the United States.
Under the pact, the United States and the United Kingdom agree to help Australia to develop and deploy nuclear-powered submarines.
The Attack-class design was based on a conventional version of the Barracuda SSN (or Suffren-class), which is powered by a nuclear propulsion system using a new hybrid design that provides electric propulsion for economical cruise speeds and turbo-mechanical propulsion for higher speeds.
The submarine can reach a top speed of 25 knots (46 km/f; 29 mph) with an unlimited range of 10 years. It has a crew of 60 people including 12 officers and 48 sailors.
