AUKUS worth $245 billion price tag - analyst

The United States, Australia and Britain on Monday (March 13) unveiled details of a plan to provide Australia with nuclear-powered attack submarines from the early 2030s to counter China's ambitions in the Indo-Pacific. The $245 billion bill for Australia is “ a bruising number but it’s a searingly honest one too,” John Blaxland, a professor of international security at Australian National University, told Reuters.