US congress has been handed an alternative AUKUS plan which would see the United States not selling nuclear-powered submarines to Canberra and instead build up to eight new Virginia-class nuclear subs that could be owned by the US Navy service, but operated out of Australia. 

Luke Grant chats with the Founder and Director of Strategic Analysis Australia, Michael Shoebridge, to find out if the plan is in Australia’s best interest, or if the Americans are selling us short. 

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