Foreign spies are increasingly trying to gather information about Australia’s military, especially its plans for nuclear-powered submarines under the AUKUS partnership with the United States and Britain.

Australia’s spy chief Mike Burgess has revealed that almost all foiled terrorist attacks over the past year involved the radicalization of children, while adding that the range of threats to national security is increasing exponentially.

Australia’s social cohesion is “eroding” amid a rise in antisemitic incidents, intolerance, political violence and misinformation, the country’s intelligence chief said Wednesday. The nation also faces “heightened levels of espionage and foreign interference” as it acquires nuclear-propelled submarines from the United States and United Kingdom under the AUKUS security pact,