Long-range firepower must be urgently upgraded, the country's biggest defence review in decades says.
It recommends that Australia's armed forces switch focus from land-based armour to "longer-range strike capability, with munitions built in Australia", Defence Minister Richard Marles said.
The minister said the acquisition of "precision strike missiles" with ranges in excess of 500km would give the army "the firepower and mobility it needs into the future". Australia will also fast track plans to acquire the land-based High Mobility Artillery Rocket system, used by the Ukrainian Army to stem the Russian advance.
Mr Marles said the review also highlighted the importance of keeping a "continuous shipbuilding capability in this country".
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