ROCKINGHAM, Western Australia, Australia (Feb. 25, 2025) USS Minnesota (SSN 783) arrives in Western Australia on Feb. 25, 2025, initiating the first of two planned U.S. fast-attack submarine visits to HMAS Stirling in 2025. Port visits support the first pillar of the Australia, United Kingdom, United States trilateral security agreement, known as AUKUS, that is delivering a sovereign conventionally armed, nuclear-powered attack submarine capability to Australia. (U.S. Navy photo by Public Affairs Officer Lt. Corey Todd Jones)
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