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Australia Hosts AUKUS Unmanned Undersea Tech Exercises Down Under

Australia Hosts AUKUS Unmanned Undersea Tech Exercises Down Under
Sailors assigned to U.S. Navy Support Facility Diego Garcia watch as HMS Tamar (P233), the fourth of the five Batch 2 River-class offshore patrol vessels operated by the UK Royal Navy, arrives in Diego Garcia for a scheduled port visit Feb. 15, 2023. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jesus O. Aguiar)

Australia hosted the other two AUKUS partners in an exercise of unmanned undersea warfare technology, the Pentagon said Monday.  The U.S. Defense Department said this event was explicitly part of the AUKUS partnership and occurred off the East Coast of Australia and based on Australia’s new undersea support vessel, the Australian Defense Vessel (ADV) Guidance.  DoD said this was particularly aimed at testing equipment that can increase the protection of critical underwater infrastructure. The ADV Guidance is meant to support…

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