US to Help Australia Build Guided Missiles by 2025

Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations with The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon Penny Wong, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, the Hon Richard Marles MP (on left), along with their United States counterparts (on right) Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III as part of AUSMIN talks in Brisbane, July 29, 2023. AAP Image/Pool,Dan Peled

Australia will have better access to U.S. military weapon stocks and will start building its own missiles after high-level strategic talks in Brisbane.

Defence Minister Richard Marles said the agreement marked a “very, very significant” step in the allies’ relationship after he and Foreign Minister Penny Wong met their U.S. counterparts on July 29.