WORLD_ Australia muscles up as China’s shadow looms over region

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Australia muscles up as China’s shadow looms over region

Canberra focuses on navy as U.S.-British sub plan re-shapes outlook

Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles meets with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon on Feb. 3, 2023, Washington. Richard said his country has made no promises to the United States that Australia would support its ally in any … more >


By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times - Updated: 6:34 p.m. on Thursday, April 27, 2023


SEOUL, South Korea — Australian officials, keeping a wary eye on China, announced Wednesday that they were accelerating the domestic production of long-range missiles, two days after unveiling a comprehensive defense strategic review that puts a new emphasis on strike-forward capabilities.

Like Japan, which recently committed to buying U.S.-made Tomahawk cruise missiles, Australia is set on acquiring over-the-horizon assets to bolster its defenses. Canberra in March outlined a plan for massive spending on nuclear-propelled submarines under the “AUKUS” framework linking Australia, the U.S. and Britain in a security alliance.

Australia and Japan — U.S. allies in the Pacific and members of the Quad grouping with the U.S. and India — are deeply skeptical of a rising China’s regional ambitions. Both are also almost certainly influenced by the Ukraine war, where Russia’s difficulties have made clear the vulnerability of traditional platforms such as warships, tanks and jets to unmanned weapons and high-tech defense systems.

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