Australia will soon have naval missiles capable of striking targets 1,500 kilometres away in a major boost to the nation’s long-range firepower.
Australian navy ships will be equipped with missiles capable of striking targets 1500 kilometres away in a $2.5 billion boost to the nation’s long-range firepower designed to deter potential adversaries from encroaching on Australian territory.
The government will also spend $430 million to acquire more than 60 extended-range anti-radiation guided missiles from the US to be operated on the air force’s Growler and Super Hornet aircrafts. “We are investing in the capabilities our Defence Force needs to hold our adversaries at risk further from our shores and keep Australians safe in the complex and uncertain world in which we live today,” he said.“The war in Ukraine has demonstrated the importance of having not just war stocks, but a domestic missile manufacturing industry and this announcement will help deliver that.”
Defence Minister Richard Marles said the government is implementing the findings of the defence strategic review.Some doubt about the Tomahawk purchase emerged in late April when Marles said that “the focus is not on that in the immediate term” and described the missiles as “something that we will consider over the journey”.
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