Australia to invest $25b to upgrade Henderson shipyard as AUKUS nuclear submarine maintenance hub
The Henderson site will support allied submarine patrols, create 10,000 jobs, and expand Australia’s strategic role in the Indo-Pacific under AUKUS.
Royal Australian Navy guided-missile frigate HMAS Parramatta sails with US Navy Amphibious assault ship USS America, Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill and Arleigh-Burke class guided missile destroyer USS Barry in the South China Sea, April 18, 2020.(photo credit: Petty Officer 3rd Class Nicholas Huynh/U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF