Australia and Germany Ready for $1 Billion Arms Deal
100 Australian-made Boxer vehicles will be exported to Germany under the agreement.
Australian Army sappers from the 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment guide an Boxer Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle through the decontamination bay during a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defence training serial at Gallipoli Barracks, Brisbane, May 11, 2023. (CPL Nicole Dorrett, Australian Defence Forces).
Australia and Germany could sign a $1 billion defence deal soon to deliver 100 Boxer armoured vehicles to the European nation.
The German parliament has passed an agreement overnight that will see arms manufacturer Rheinmetall build the vehicles at its facility in Queensland, according to reports.
Monica O’Shea
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