earlier this week

United States Anti-China Alliance Network

has been officially upgraded

After the US president held a "trilateral" summit of 3 countries with the leaders of Britain and Australia.

To reveal details of the security cooperation agreement

(AUKUS), which comes from the abbreviation of the three countries.

Australia-AU, UK-UK and US-US, and have been penned since September 15, 2021. Its main focus is to transfer nuclear submarine technology to Australia.

The US will sell a class of nuclear-powered attack submarines.

for the Royal Australian Navy in the amount of 3 ships and open the option to purchase two more if Australia sees the need.

The three countries will then work together to build a new generation of nuclear submarines, code-named SSN-AUKUS, for Britain and Australia to build the ships.

The United States is the transfer of technology.

Building new submarines is expected to cost more than $ 245 billion, or more than 8.08 trillion baht, while the cost of the US Virginia-class submarines.

It's about $ 3,450 million per aircraft, or more than 113,850 million baht per aircraft. If buying a full option of 5 aircraft, it will cost more than 569,250 million baht, but all of this has been emphasized clearly that there will be no

"Nuclear weapons" are involved in any way.

The objectives of the August Agreement stated that

Submarine technology transfer to Australia

And building new submarines will increase the ability to safeguard maritime freedom in the Pacific and deter future "wars," a loose term.

and avoid labeling

"Who are you going to fight with?"

But of course, if you ask the politicians of each country

The response was clear to deal with the expansion of military influence.

"People's Republic of China" and it is not surprising that after the Biden-Sunak-Albanese joint statement

The Chinese government has therefore warned that Western nations are on the wrong track.

Because the US government is looking at China at this time as the greatest geopolitical and security challenge.

It is necessary to have a network of alliances to resist.

The August Agreement is a symbol of the United States' unyielding commitment to the Indo-Pacific region.

There was a US security official who commented that

The August Agreement was actually no different from “betraying” the French government.

(The submarine concession to Australia, but had to be taken by the US - England) is like showing the world that.

although there is a relationship

How long has it been

The United States is ready to show its ruthlessness.

if deemed necessary

While the British government is not as influential in the Pacific as it was in the past.

But it is viewed that the security situation in Europe is inseparable from the security situation in the Indo-Pacific.

And the Augustinian Agreement was an important symbol of the renewal of England's role on the world stage.

According to the new slogan "Global Britain", amid a situation where the Russian government is increasingly intensified with the Chinese government,

and dubbed the Chinese government

It is a challenge that will define the next era.

The Australian government sees it the same way.

over the past decade

The Chinese military is amassing a fleet that could become the largest in the world.

coupled with an increasingly threatening attitude

whether it is a dispute in the South China Sea

or the use of military threats in the Taiwan Strait area

The Australian Government wants to create

"Joint security" in the region, and hopes to invite countries including Thailand to join in peace.

Some security analysts also see

The Augustinian Agreement would further spur military competition.

and increasing tensions in the region?

This would mean forcing China to respond by injecting military funds and accelerating ties with other countries.

This may mean dividing parties into parties like in the “Cold War” era.

as well as some Australian media who criticized

China is Australia's number one trading partner.

Improving Australia's maritime capabilities aims to protect freedom of navigation and protect ocean trade lanes.

It can be interpreted that it trades most with China but must prevent threats from China or something.

and Australia without technological capabilities.

Will nuclear security always depend on the United States after this?

Former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating said no one could threaten the United States.

The Chinese coast and the California coast of the United States are more than 10,000 kilometers apart.

The United States has the strongest military force in the world, but the only "sin" of

China is brave enough to develop its economy to be as big as the United States.

and threatens the "hegemony" of the United States in Asia.

Weerapot Inthaphan