The Australian government plunged AUKUS into new confusion

But opened up a necessary debate about the US basing nuclear weapons out of Australia

Australia’s Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy plunged AUKUS into new confusion this week by suggesting that the United States Navy would only operate out of the naval base in Western Australia to train up Australian submariners and then leave after five years.

‘That’s the arrangement that we’ve put in place, with the plan being that as we acquire our…