负责提升澳大利亚军备的部长欢迎特朗普政府承诺投资66亿美元（约95亿澳元）用于建造更多核潜艇，这被视为华盛顿对AUKUS的承诺。
The minister charged with building up Australia’s arsenal has welcomed the Trump administration’s $US6.6bn ($9.5bn) pledge to build more nuclear submarines as a show of Washington’s commitment to AUKUS.
美国总统唐纳德特朗普当天宣布，将在新造舰中心波托罗斯建设一个新的海军船厂，用于“打造下一代美国潜艇”。
US President Donald Trump overnight announced plans for a new naval yard in the shipbuilding hub of Baltimore to “build the next generation of American submarines”.
该船厂由武器制造商安杜里尔联合资助，将专注于生产弗吉尼亚级潜艇——这些潜艇是美国根据AUKUS协议承诺提供给澳大利亚的。
The yard, jointly funded by weapons maker Anduril, will focus on producing Virginia-class submarines – the boats the US agreed to give Australia under AUKUS.
近年来缓慢的生产速度引发了美国可能无法兑现承诺的担忧，但这家新设施预计将提升15%的产量。
Sluggish production in recent years has spurred concerns the US may not be able to follow through, but the new facility is tipped to lift output by 15 per cent.
国防工业部长帕特·康罗伊在接受新闻通讯社采访时表示，美国的这一宣布是“进一步证实”澳大利亚、英国和美国都认真对待他们的AUKUS承诺。
康罗伊说：“所有三个AUKUS国家都致力于提升各自的工业基，这是朝着这个方向迈出的又一步。”
Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy told NewsWire the American announcement is “further confirmation” that Australia, the UK and the US are serious about their AUKUS commitments.
他还补充说：“几个月前我刚刚参观了一个位于南卡罗来纳州的新工厂，亲眼目睹了美国潜艇生产的进展。”
“因此，这次宣布进一步证实了所有三个AUKUS伙伴正在大力投资我们各自的工业基，以确保AUKUS的成功。”
“All three AUKUS nations are committed to boosting their respective industrial bases and this is another step in that direction,” Mr Conroy said, adding that he “visited a new factory in South Carolina just a couple of months ago and saw first hand the progress being made in submarine production in the US”.
“这旨在满足各自的需求和时间表，包括美国向澳大利亚交付三艘弗吉尼亚级潜艇。”
除了三艘弗吉尼亚级潜艇外，澳大利亚还将在南澳大利亚建造五艘AUKUS级潜艇。这种新一代潜艇由英国的BAE系统公司设计。
“So, this announcement is further confirmation that all three AUKUS partners are investing significantly in our respective industrial bases to ensure the success of AUKUS. “This is being done to meet respective requirements and timelines, including the delivery of three Virginia-class submarines to Australia by the US.” In addition to the three Virginia-class submarines, Australia will build five AUKUS-class boats in South Australia. The new class of submarine is being designed in the UK by BAE Systems.