Could AUKUS become JAUKUS? Other countries keen to join AUKUS

The AUKUS security pact could expand to include collaboration with other like-minded countries. The pact's three founding partners - Australia, the UK and the US - say they are considering involving Japan in specific defence technology projects. Analysts say there are both advantages and disadvantages with expanding the arrangement.

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps (left) and the Australian Defence Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, Richard Marles during a joint press conference on the tri-lateral AUKUS partnership at Rolls Royce's nuclear reactor manufacturing site in Derby. Source: AAP / Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

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