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Australia is evaluating two types of advanced anti-ship missiles
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Missiles expelled from mobile launcher
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China recently carried out naval maneuvers from Australian coast
By David Lague
Hong Kong, –
Australia is scrambling to deploy new long -range missiles as the arrival of powerful Chinese warships recently from the Australian coast missing the growing naval muscles of Beijing.
To promote military shelling, Canberra plans to divide the Australian troops with anti-Ship missiles and advanced targeting radars to protect the country’s vast maritime outlooks, as well as a hurry of recent official speeches and ministerial statements.
The government has said that two new types of advanced anti-ship missiles for the army fired from mobile launchers are subject to evaluation with the required decision until the end of the year.
Australian government officials have said that the future version of one of the claimants, Lockheed Martin’s presiding strike missile was expected to have a range of up to 1,000 km and could be removed from the high mobility artillery rocket system launcher. According to the Defense Department, Australia have 42 Himars Launchers from the United States on orders, Launcher expects to be in service by 2026-27.
The army said in a statement that in June, the US Army used two accurate strike missiles to successfully attack a moving target in the sea during an exercise in Pacific.
China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy shocked Australia’s security services with the deployment of three warships –
One of its most powerful cruiser
– Last month late last month, close to Sydney and Melbourne’s largest cities. Air traffic between Australia and New Zealand was interrupted on 21 February with 49 flights, when Chinese flotilla saw a live fire exercise in Tasman Sagar without informing officials in Canberra or Wellington.
The office of Australian Defense Minister did not answer questions for this story.
According to a retired Australian Army chief General Mick Ryan, new missiles for the Australian Army provide a powerful strike capacity and serve as a preventive for potential opponents.
“You can put a snowers launcher with a maritime strike missile in Sydney and will have the ability to hit one of those ships.”
New missiles for the Australian Army are a major element of Canberra’s plan to prepare for more vocal Chinese military appearance in water around Australia. Military experts told the Reuters that they could also be deployed to support the armies of the friendly countries who defend strategically important islands in the Asia-Pacific region.
New
Long distance missiles
Australia’s Navy and the Air Force are also on orders.
According to official speeches and defense plan documents, senior Australian authorities described what the “greatest strategic uncertainty” has been described by the World War 2, Canberra will spend $ 74 billion on the technique of over a decade, long -range strike capacity, missile defense and missiles and explosives in a decade.
Canberra is not going towards these long distance strike weapons to counter the threat from China. The US and most of its major allies in Asia, including the Philippines, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, are also modernized and expanding their missile forces. They are deploying new missiles, accelerating research on hypersonic weapons and other new techniques, re -defeated the old projectile and expand production lines.
Asked how China saw the decision to promote its missile arsenal by Australia and other countries, an Foreign Ministry spokesman stated that Beijing was pursuing “a defensive national defense policy”, and China should not be used as “excuses to increase stress” and “race for weapons”.
For some regional colleagues in the US, this discovery for new missiles is likely to take new urgency with increasing uncertainty on the Trump administration’s commitment to the Trump administration’s commitment to the traditional security relations of the Trump administration, which according to Ross Babbage, a former government of the Australian government, and now a senior non-tribal companions for the Washington-based strategic and budgetary assessment.
In response to Reuters’ questions, a Pentagon spokesperson cited Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, saying that stopping China was a priority for their department. John Yulot, secretary of the Pentagon press, said, “We are one of the methods that create and maintain a strong network of friendly nations and partners in Indo-Pacific.” “There should be no doubt on our commitment to the safety and stability of the region.”
Pressure to increase spending
Already allies like Australia with a minor defense outlay are already under pressure from a Trump administration that is showing open disappointment with countries that believe that more should be spent.
For US President Donald Trump’s policy, the low secretary, Aldridge Kolby, heard his Senate confirmation earlier this month that the Australian defense spending was well down to the target of 3.
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GDP suggested NATO leadership for its members. He said that Canberra faced a much more powerful challenge than China.
Australia currently spends about 2% of GDP on defense. Some critics of Australia’s defense spending say that gradual governments have allowed immediate military programs, including the introduction of new missiles.
“It is worthy of high level priority,” the bubage said, referring to the deployment and construction of missiles. “We should actually do turbo-charging.”
Babbage said that if there was a conflict in the Indo-Pacific sector, it was likely to become prevalent and the affiliated forces would need the ability to produce deep stocks and more of the missiles.
Security officials in Canberra speculated that the Chinese warship would become a regular visitors from the Australian coast and a large number of regular visitors. And, like a fleet exiting the coast of Australia, these exercises will test Canberra’s political resolve and surveillance capabilities of the Australian Army.
Andrew Sheer, Director General of National Intelligence, Australia, said in a parliamentary investigation on 24 February that some of the Chinese fleet activities seemed to be “designed to be stimulating”, while admitting that the international law was complied with.
Sheer said that after World War II, the largest and least transparent military construction, China now had the ability to project military power in the region of Australia and intended to do so.
A spokesman for the Ministry of External Affairs said that China has “repeated briefs” about its naval exercises. The spokesperson said that these exercises are completely in line with international law and international practices. ,
The earlier military planners in Beijing embrace Canberra of missiles. Decades ago, when the PLA was a backward ground force with obsolete weapons, it began to create a huge missile force as the cheapest and fastest way to bridge the difference with the US and its colleagues.
Missiles are relatively inexpensive, but high value goals such as warships, strike aircraft, military bases and logistics centers. This makes these weapons a natural option for weak terrorists who encounter very strong opponents.
Now that China can rival American military power in Asia, regional rivals are following the same blueprint. A major purpose of this affiliated response is the deployment of long -range missiles that corresponds to or above the reach of those in the PLA arsenal.
In December, Canberra announced that he would either select the Naval Strike Missile, developed by the Kongsburg Defense and Aerospace of Norway, or Lockheed’s presentation strike missile for two new army regiments was assigned to sea defense.
In the Indo-Pacific sector, American marines are already using a naval strike missile extracted from a ground-based launcher.
In early January, the government announced a contract of over $ 100 million for the Thales Australia to distribute 40 commands for the new missile regiment and control vehicles.
To detect the dangers, the army missile regiments will be equipped with new radars. Last month, Canberra ordered 14 multi-mission phased-Sanni radar from Canber-based CEA Technologies in a contract of $ 272 million.
One of the benefits of these land-based mobile missile systems is that they can be easily spread and hidden, but still pack the punch of a very expensive warship and strike aircraft.
“This is a truck,” Ryan said. “You can park it under a tree and come out to set it on fire and go back again. They will not find you. ,
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