File photo dated July 12, 2019 of French President Emmanuel Macron gets out of the new French nuclear submarine "Suffren" in Cherbourg, north-western France. President Joe Biden on Wednesday had announced a new US security alliance with Australia and Britain that would develop an Australian nuclear-powered submarine fleet. As a result, Australia notified France that it would end its contract with state majority-owned DCNS to build 12 of the world’s largest conventional submarines. Australia has spent 2.4 billion Australian dollars ($ 1.8 billion) on the project since the French won the contract in 2016. Photo by Ludovic MARIN/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM