Australia to sharply increase defence spending with focus on Indo-Pacific

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Australia will boost defence spending by 40% over the next 10 years, buying long-range military assets that will be focused on the Indo-Pacific region, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday.

Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks during the launch of the 2020 DefenceStrategic Update, in the wake of cyber attacks targeting Australia, at the Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra, Australia, July 1, 2020. AAP Image/Lukas Coch via REUTERS

Although Morrison did not name China, Australia’s muscular posturing towards the Pacific is seen as a signal that Canberra intends to be more assertive in its dealings with Beijing and less reliant on the United States. Morrison said Australia would first buy 200 long-range anti-ship missiles from the U.S. Navy for A$800 million, and would also consider developing hypersonic missiles that can travel at least at five times the speed of sound.

 

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Where is modern and civilized nation

Maybe they should sharply increase environmental spending seeing as that's actually their biggest threat. Forgotten the fires already, Scott from Marketing?

Indo-Pacific? More like.. India-China

The Michael Jordan of Democracy has banned Tik Tok and 58 other Chinese apps. Finally, someone stands up to China Tech espionage. tiktok IndiaBansTiktok

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