Germany looks to clinch $18bn armoured vehicle deal
Germany is making a last-ditch push to clinch an $18bn-plus contract to supply next-generation armoured vehicles to the Australian Army.
Germany is making a last-ditch push to clinch an $18bn-plus contract to supply next-generation armoured vehicles to the Australian Army.
The three architects of Anthony Albanese’s Defence Strategic Review were paid almost $1.1m to prepare the federal government’s armed forces blueprint.
Frustrated firms in the Australian defence supply chain are opting out in droves and industry figures say the future of our sovereign industrial capability is on a knife edge.
The Defence Strategic Review comes as we confront the most dangerous and febrile security situation since World War II.
Australia enters a critical moment in its history as the Albanese government prepares to make vital defence decisions, via the Defence Strategic Review, that could possibly decide the country’s national destiny.
The classified Defence Strategic Review recommends a rapid boost to long-range strike capabilities, the urgent acquisition of killer drones and a major increase in naval firepower.
Nuclear submarines will have no influence at all on the strategic challenges we face today and over the next five to 10 years because the first of the vessels will not be ready to sail until the 2030s.
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