The US, Britain and Australia are working together to develop unmanned undersea vehicles as part of their trilateral Aukus defence pact, US secretary of defense Pete Hegseth told reporters on Saturday. The programme comes under Aukus’s so-called “Pillar Two” to develop advanced defence technology, including quantum computing, undersea, hypersonic, artificial intelligence and cyber technologies. Formed by the three countries in 2021, Aukus is part of their efforts to push back against China’s growing power in the Indo-Pacific region. China has called the Aukus pact dangerous and warned it could spur a regional arms race. What is your take on the new pact?
