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Within four years Australia will be hosting rotational deployments of submarines from the United States and the United Kingdom in Perth, as part of one of the most ambitious defence undertakings in the nation’s history.

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By Peggy Giakoumelos, Anna Henderson

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Within four years Australia will be hosting rotational deployments of submarines from the United States and the United Kingdom in Perth, as part of one of the most ambitious defence undertakings in the nation’s history.

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