Australia to Create ‘Lethal and Highly Responsive’ Navy With Missile Purchase

Australia to Create ‘Lethal and Highly Responsive’ Navy With Missile Purchase
HMAS Hobart fires its 5-inch gun in the southern waters of Hawaii during Exercise RIMPAC 2020 on Aug. 17, 2020. Australian Department of Defence
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The seas around Australia will now be more secure after the Morrison government declared it would invest $1 billion into guided missile capabilities for the Royal Australian Navy.

The move is part of the government’s $183 billion investment in creating a “lethal and highly responsive” navy.

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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