Potential AUKUS Challenges for Navy.

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* Rear Adm. Scott W. Pappano, program executive officer for strategic submarines, warned that the AUKUS partnership with Australia and the United Kingdom could cripple shipyard capacity.

The agreement would see the United States and the United Kingdom help Australia acquire nuclear-powered submarines. Australia is still assessing its options and is expected to announce its choice for its new underwater fleet by March 2023.

However, the Navy and its contractors are already hard at work constructing two new submarine classes--the Columbia and Virginia--Pappano said. Additional...