The US Administration will allocate $4.6 billion for development of its submarine construction base under the AUKUS partnership, a high-ranking Administration representative said during a briefing for the media, Trend reports citing TASS.
"As you all know, the Biden administration made a substantial investment in that submarine industrial base last year with, of course, the hardy support of Congress. You will see, as will be announced tomorrow, $4.6 billion being advanced for production and for maintenance over the next five years in our submarine industrial base," the representative said.
He noted that Australia will also make a substantial contribution to the base, but did not elaborate.