The new trilateral security agreement between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, known as “AUKUS,” will see the nations coordinate closely on developing joint cyber capabilities in addition to furnishing Australia with American nuclear submarine technology. The leaders of the three nations, in a Sept. 15 joint statement, said that they would coordinate closely on jointly developing “cyber capabilities, artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, and additional undersea capabilities.” Experts believe that such coordination on critical technologies will meaningfully enhance allied capabilities with regard to countering the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and deterring overt conflict amid an increasingly tense international scene. Building the Joint Force of the Future John Mills, former director of cybersecurity policy, strategy, and international affairs at the Department of Defense, explained that the importance of such efforts to develop cyber capabilities was linked to the need of allied nations to develop forces capable of working in unison. …
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