AUKUS Submarine Maintenance Period Demonstrates Forward Sustainment in Australia
February 26, 2026
February 26, 2026
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news story:
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AUKUS Submarine Maintenance Period Demonstrates Forward Sustainment in Australia
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HMAS STIRLING, Western Australia -Last November, on the edge of the Indian Ocean, just beyond mainland Australia and across the Garden Island Causeway to HMAS Stirling, a U.S. Virginia-class submarine quietly completed the first submarine maintenance period without the support of a U.S. s . . .
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AUKUS Submarine Maintenance Period Demonstrates Forward Sustainment in Australia
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HMAS STIRLING, Western Australia -Last November, on the edge of the Indian Ocean, just beyond mainland Australia and across the Garden Island Causeway to HMAS Stirling, a U.S. Virginia-class submarine quietly completed the first submarine maintenance period without the support of a U.S. s . . .