Next month’s federal Budget will earmark more than $4 billion for Australia to acquire more long-range missile strike systems and manufacture guided weapons, Defence Minister Richard Marles announced on Wednesday.
Experts say the two-year timeline for local production of munitions makes it an ambitious plan that will need the US to continue directly supplying missiles while also leading Australia’s local manufacturing push.
The local defence industry is urging the government …
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