It will focus on using missiles, submarines and cyber tools to keep adversaries at arm’s length.
Australia last month locked in a deal to buy potent long-range Tomahawk missiles from the US.
“This is an important step forward for our army. This builds an army which will be able to project,” defence minister Richard Marles told reporters in the northeastern city of Townsville.
China’s military sway in the region forms the backdrop to Australia’s military restructuring, though Marles made no specific mention of Beijing in his announcement. “The rise of the ‘missile age’ in modern warfare, crystallised by the proliferation of long-range precision strike weapons, has radically reduced Australia’s geographic benefits,” the review concluded.
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