Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee, , 4:09:29 to 4:11:00
Technical discussion on the development status of the US sea-launched cruise missile program and its implications for future submarine rotations.
Topics: ADF, National security
Speakers: Hugh Jeffrey, David Shoebridge
>> Mrs. Jeffrey,
>> uh, Senator uh, Hugh Jeffrey, Deputy Secretary, Strategy, Policy, and, uh, a program um that the United States uh military is engaged in which is to um that could be conventionally armed or nuclear armed that pro and senator I'll that program um when last I checked uh So it's not possible at this juncture to
>> uh US. >> That's why he said 2032.
>> Yeah. Well,
>> that's why he said that.
>> I just wanted to make the point.
>> That's why he said that
>> it's not operational now and it's a program that is um designed to be determined as the program proceeds. Um, of course, Senator, as you know, and we have discussed this before, um, Australia's treaty obligations mean that we are not permitted to station nuclear weapons in Australia. And I have, uh, spent some time getting on the record today, uh, our position in relation to, um, engagement with or the visit of nuclear capable platforms