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Australia says foreign spies target nuclear subs program

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Australia says foreign spies target nuclear subs program

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20 February ,2025

Foreign spies are targeting Australia’s nuclear-powered submarine program and plotting to harm or kill opponents living in the country, the nation’s intelligence chief warned Wednesday.
Overall, Australia’s security environment is becoming “degraded”, Mike Burgess said in a wide-ranging speech that declassified some of his agency’s secretive thinking about the national threat outlook.Foreign spies are targeting Australia’s nuclear-powered submarine program and plotting to harm or kill opponents living in the country, the nation’s intelligence chief, Mike Burgess, warned Wednesday.
“AUKUS will remain a priority target for intelligent collection, including by countries we consider friendly,” he said. The AUKUS security alliance was announced in 2021 between the US, Britain and Australia and includes the creation of a new fleet of nuclear-powered submarines.djw/sco© Agence France-Presse

 

 

Foreign spies are targeting Australia’s nuclear-powered submarine program and plotting to harm or kill opponents living in the country, the nation’s intelligence chief warned Wednesday.

Overall, Australia’s security environment is becoming “degraded”, Mike Burgess said in a wide-ranging speech that declassified some of his agency’s secretive thinking about the national threat outlook.Foreign spies are targeting Australia’s nuclear-powered submarine program and plotting to harm or kill opponents living in the country, the nation’s intelligence chief, Mike Burgess, warned Wednesday.
“AUKUS will remain a priority target for intelligent collection, including by countries we consider friendly,” he said. The AUKUS security alliance was announced in 2021 between the US, Britain and Australia and includes the creation of a new fleet of nuclear-powered submarines.djw/sco
© Agence France-Presse

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