US Missiles Could Be Manufactured in Australia

US Missiles Could Be Manufactured in Australia
U.S. Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) launches a rocket into the air at a U.S. troops' exercise ground near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in South Korea on April 9 during the US artillery battalion's annual exercise for defence aganst possible attack by North Korean troops. Kim Jae-Hwan/AFP/Getty Images
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Australia could become integral to U.S. national security supply chains after it was announced that the pacific nation is looking to establish a domestic missile industry that would support the U.S. and Australian defence forces.

At a press conference in Washington D.C, Australian Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy told reporters that Australia had contracted two of the dominant missile producers in the U.S. defence industry, Lockheed Martin Australia and Raytheon Australia, to see what opportunities Australia has to manufacture missiles or missile parts for both countries.
Victoria Kelly-Clark
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Victoria Kelly-Clark is an Australian based reporter who focuses on national politics and the geopolitical environment in the Asia-pacific region, the Middle East and Central Asia.
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