Australia is about to begin one of its biggest and most important military and investment challenges since the Second World War
澳大利亚即将面临二战以来最大、也是最重要的军事和投资挑战,
and new key details have just been confirmed regarding the delivery and the timeline of the AUKUS program.
关于AUKUS(澳大利亚-英国-美国三边安全伙伴关系)项目的交付和时间表,新的关键细节刚刚得到了确认。
U.S. submarine visits will start this year, while UK submarine visits starting come from 2026.
美国潜艇将于今年开始对澳大利亚港口的访问,而英国潜艇将从2026年开始对澳大利亚港口访问。
Then starting from 2027, rotations of American and British subs will come to Australia.
然后从2027年开始,美国和英国的潜艇将轮换进驻澳大利亚。
Stage two, from the early 2030s, Australia will receive three U.S. Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarines.
第二阶段,从21世纪30年代初开始,澳大利亚将接收三艘美国“弗吉尼亚”级核动力潜艇。
There had been some suggestions there would be five, but it's three.
之前有人建议是五艘,但现在确定是三艘。
Then the third and biggest stage, the "SSN-AUKUS" conventionally-armed, nuclear-powered submarines based on a British design, incorporating Australian, British and American technologies.
然后是第三阶段,也是最重要的阶段,“SSN-AUKUS”常规武装核动力潜艇登场,该潜艇基于英国设计,融合了澳大利亚、英国和美国三国的技术。
The UK will deliver its first by the late 2030s, while the first built in Australia expected to be delivered by the early 2040s.
英国将在21世纪30年代末交付第一艘SSN-AUKUS潜艇,而澳大利亚的第一艘SSN-AUKUS潜艇预计将在21世纪40年代初交付。
The short-term expense over the next four years to come in at nine billion dollars,
这一项目在未来4年的短期开支将达到90亿美元,
and the total cost over the next 30 years to come in at 0.15% of GDP per year.
而未来30年的总开支,将达到澳大利亚每年GDP的0.15%。