The university will host a security partnership between the U.S. military as well as the United Kingdom and Australia supporting research, technology and workforce development.

A U.S. Navy sub undergoes maintenance at Australian base HMAS Stirling, marking progress toward AUKUS submarine rotational force deployment in 2027.

Australia will host the rotational presence of up to one U.K. and four U.S. nuclear-powered submarines as early as 2027.

The U.S. Navy’s newest and most advanced aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, has left the Mediterranean and is now on its way to the Caribbean, an unusual move that expands on an already significant military buildup in the region.

So-called narco-submarines — in reality, vessels that are only partly submerged in the water — have for years been used to ferry cocaine from South America to Central America or Mexico.

Philippine military chief General Romeo Brawner Jr. has described the acquisition of submarines as "a dream for us."

A U.S. expert on Thursday raised the possibility that China could take actions, such as economic coercion, in response to Korea's push to acquire nuclear-powered submarines with U.S. support.