We all live in a nuclear submarine: Aukus future on show as USS Minnesota docks in Perth

<p>With long voyages and tight living quarters, American sailors give a glimpse of what’s in store for Australian counterparts in $368bn deal</p><ul><li><strong>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></strong></li></ul><p>There was a lot of sound and fury about China’s recent <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/feb/21/commercial-flights-diverted-as-chinese-warships-undertake-apparent-live-fire-drill-in-sea-between-australia-and-new-zealand">live-fire exercises</a> off Australia’s coast. But in the backwash of that diplomatic incident, a US nuclear submarine has slid silently into port on the other side of the country and offered up a glimpse of life below the waves for Australia’s key strategic ally.</p><p>It is the seventh nuclear-powered submarine to arrive at HMAS Stirling naval base, about an hour south of Perth, since the Aukus defence pact was struck in September 2021.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/26/we-all-live-in-a-nuclear-submarine-aukus-future-on-show-as-uss-minnesota-docks-in-perth">Continue reading...</a>