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Hello , I'm Lloyd Austin , the

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Secretary of Defense . And I wanted to

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say a few words about Aus our historic

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three way security partnership with

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Australia and the United Kingdom to

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strengthen peace and prosperity across

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the Indo Pacific . You know , we

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launched August almost three years ago .

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And together , we've been hard at work

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ever since and we've got a lot to show

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for it . We're delivering on our

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ambitious phased approach to provide

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Australia with conventionally armed

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nuclear powered submarines that brings

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together the best that our three navies

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can offer . We're also investing

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together in the US submarine industrial

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banks and thanks to bipartisan

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congressional support , we've made

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tremendous progress in improving this

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critical industry over the next decade

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that will create tens of thousands of

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well paying American jobs . And that's

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not all over the past year . We

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expanded us submarine visits to

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Australian ports . We started training

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Australian industry personnel at Pearl

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Harbor naval shipyard and we welcomed

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Australian naval officers and sailors

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into us submarine schools and our

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submarine fleet . Well , you know ,

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Arcus goes beyond submarines . It's

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about working together to develop

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produce and field advanced capabilities

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from the seabed to the stratosphere to

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make the Indo Pacific more stable and

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secure . In March , we successfully

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tested autonomous and A I enabled

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sensing systems that will cut the time

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between detecting enemy threats and

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responding to them . We continue to

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develop cutting edge un crude maritime

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systems to keep us all safe . And

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together with our Aus partners , we'll

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put all these capabilities into action

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this fall at maritime big play . And so

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we're off to a great start with August

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and we'll keep delivering results and

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we'll continue to strengthen security

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across the Indo Pacific together .