Australian Air Force’s Fifth Generation F-35’s Ready to Fly
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the fleet of aircraft was now 33 strong.
“This is about protecting and securing Australia’s interests but it’s also creating jobs and driving investment right here in the Hunter and across the country too,” Morrison said on Monday.
The depot was selected to be the maintenance, repair, overhaul, and upgrade depot for the Southeast Asian region and will host aircraft from other nations in the future.
It will also provide more than 50 Australian companies with a share in $2.7 billion worth of contracts.
Morrison said that the depot’s development demonstrated Australia’s world-leading capability for its defence industry.
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Dependent on Russia as a prime supplier in the past, India has been diversifying its basket of weapon systems and has ordered significant weapons from the US in recent years, including transport aircraft, helicopters and assault rifles.
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The S-400 purchase could be one of the prickly bilateral issues that will need to be resolved, given that formal deliveries for the system are starting shortly.
BENGALURU: The United States has urged India to refrain from military transactions with Russia, saying that there is no blanket waiver under its Sanctions Act for the recent S-400 missile system purchase, in the first detailed comments on the tricky issue after the Biden administration has come to power.
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