# Albanese, Biden and Sunak announce the AUKUS optimal pathway in San Diego

Date: 2023

## The fact

On 13 March 2023 [Albanese](/people/anthony-albanese) joined US [President Joe Biden](/people/env-person-joe-biden) and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in San Diego to announce the AUKUS optimal pathway: Virginia-class boats from the US in the 2030s and SSN-AUKUS built in Australia from the 2040s, with Submarine Rotational Force–West earlier. Morrison’s 2021 AUKUS sat as parent.

## Context

2021 AUKUS sat as parent. Neighbouring Quad Tokyo is a parent diplomacy file. He does not write a US AUKUS submarine yard print.

2022 oath is the parent office. China Bali meeting is a neighbour dual-track file.

The Prime Minister of Australia chairs Cabinet and advises the Governor-General. Parliament enacts; the Governor-General assents. He does not write a High Court judgment, a state housing approval, or a US AUKUS submarine yard print.

## Evidence and sources

Prime Minister of Australia carries the official instrument or communique. Government of the United Kingdom records the same dated act independently.

## Significance

## What is established and what is not

Established: 13 March 2023 San Diego joint statement, independently mirrored on the UK record.

Not established: that a boat was thereby delivered that Monday, or a unique later deterrence coefficient from a US yard.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, a later repeal, a court that vacated the instrument, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions.

The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit.

Biden and Sunak signed theirs. Morrison’s 2021 announcement sat as parent. US and UK yards implement.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies Albanese, Biden and Sunak announce the AUKUS optimal pathway in San Diego, not a later speech about Albanese, Biden and Sunak announce the AUKUS optimal pathway in San Diego.

Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. Albanese, Biden and Sunak announce the AUKUS optimal pathway in San Diego on 2023-03-13 is not a licence to treat every later Prime Minister of Australia communique as this same act. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. This dossier refuses to average Albanese, Biden and Sunak announce the AUKUS optimal pathway in San Diego into a personality. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to He signed the Australian side. Biden and Sunak signed theirs. Morrison’s 2021 announcement sat as parent. US and UK yards implement. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series.

## People

- Anthony Albanese: https://factrail.ai/people/anthony-albanese

## Drivers

- Industrial-Policy Activism: https://factrail.ai/drivers/industrial-policy-activism
- Energy Security: https://factrail.ai/drivers/energy-security

## Sources

- https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/joint-leaders-statement-on-aukus-13-march-2023/joint-leaders-statement-on-aukus-13-march-2023
- https://www.pm.gov.au/media/joint-leaders-statement-aukus

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/au-aukus-2023