Australia is set to buy at least three US-manufactured nuclear submarines at a cost of $245bn.
That could eventually increase to five submarines amid growing concern about China's influence in the Indo-Pacific region.
The announcement came as US President Joe Biden hosted the prime ministers of Australia and the UK in California.

Al Jazeera's John Hendren reports from Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego, US.

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