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AUKUS
military security partnership by Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
AUKUS, also known as Aukus (/ˈɔːkəs/; is an acronym for the alliance between "Australia, United Kingdom, United States"), is a three-way security pact between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.[1] The agreement was created in 2020 to share defense technologies between the three countries to answer the possible threat China poses.[2]
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Formation | 15 September 2021; 2 years ago (2021-09-15) |
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Type | Military alliance |
Purpose | Collective security |
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