Images show Virginia and Los Angeles-class submarines at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego, ahead of AUKUS summit with US President Joe Biden, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Australia will buy as many as five US nuclear-powered submarines and later build a new model with US and British technology under an ambitious plan to build Western muscle across the Asia-Pacific in the face of a rising China.

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