{
  "id": 19741874,
  "title": "Aukus deal is ‘living a lie’: Australia will never get nuclear submarines from US and both sides know it, Bob Carr says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/aukus-deal-is-living-a-lie-australia-will-never-get-nuclear",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-13T02:00:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/nov/13/bob-carr-aukus-deal-living-a-lie-australia-us"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Former Labor foreign affairs minister Bob Carr has dismissed the $368bn Aukus deal as a diplomatic farce, claiming the United States will never send nuclear submarines to Australia. Carr, a vocal critic of the agreement, believes American submarines will be stationed in Australian bases instead. He anticipates that a future US president will deem the transfer of three or more Virginia-class nuclear submarines to Australia too risky due to China's growing military power. \"It's now conventional wisdom in Washington as well as in Canberra that we're not going to get the subs,\" Carr stated. The former Labor minister emphasized that Australia's involvement in the deal has become a \"diplomatic fig leaf or fiction\" and that the government is \"living a lie.\" The Albanese government maintains that the deal is progressing as planned, citing former US President Donald Trump's commitment to supporting Australia. Australia has already contributed over $3bn to support US submarine manufacturing, with additional funding for infrastructure and workforce development. Despite the controversy surrounding the deal, supporters argue it represents a significant leap in Australia's military capability and creates thousands of high-skilled jobs.",
  "summary": "Exclusive: Former Labor foreign affairs minister says $368bn deal has been reduced to a diplomatic joke Get our daily political email , free app or daily news podcast The former Labor foreign affairs minister Bob Carr says officials in Canberra and Washington acknowledge that the US will never send nuclear submarines to Australia, describing the $368bn Aukus agreement as the two countries “living…",
  "key_points": [
    "Aukus deal described as diplomatic farce by Bob Carr",
    "US will never send nuclear submarines to Australia",
    "Future transfer of Virginia-class subs deemed too risky"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The skepticism surrounding the submarine transfer suggests the agreement functions more as a diplomatic facade than a practical military acquisition, potentially leaving Australia with American vessels stationed locally instead.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}