Australia to spend $1 billion on missiles

Australia’s government has announced that it will spend $1 billion to give the Royal Australian Navy long-range anti-ship missiles, extended range surface-to-air missiles, advanced light weight torpedoes, and maritime land strike capabilities.

RIM-162 launched from USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) July 2010
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Matthew J. Haran, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Morocco has bought the Patriot air defense missile system

The U.S. Trade Department has disclosed the sale of the Patriot air defense missile system to Morocco in December, the announcement was uncovered by The North Africa Post.

U.S. Army Soldiers, with the 5th Battalion 7th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, stage “Patriot” missile defense systems for a “Patriot Shock” exercise in Capu Midia, Romania on November 4, 2016. The weeklong exercise tests the unit’s quick response deployment readiness and increases joint interoperability with “Patriot” missile systems and their Romanian partners. (DoD News photo by Tech. Sgt. Brian Kimball)

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