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This photo from the Royal Australian Navy website shows HMAS Toowoomba departing Sydney Harbor to participate in Exercise TALISMAN SABRE 2017. Department of Defence/Royal Australian Navy

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<div><ivs-player data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-vid="2965321"></ivs-player></div><script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script><p>SYDNEY — Australia on Tuesday outlined a decade-long plan to double its fleet of major warships and boost defence spending by an additional US$7 billion, in the face of a quickening Asia-Pacific arms race.</p><p>Under the plan, Australia will get a navy of 26 major surface combatant ships, up from 11 today.</p><p>&quot;It is the largest fleet that we will have since the end of the Second World War,&quot; said Defense Minister Richard Marles.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/25/23/philippine-australian-ships-begin-maritime-cooperative-activity">RELATED: <strong></strong>Philippine, Australian ships begin Maritime Cooperative Activity</a></div><p>Australia will build six Hunter class frigates, 11 general-purpose frigates and six state-of-the-art surface warships that do not need to be crewed.</p><p>At least some of the fleet will be armed with Tomahawk missiles capable of carrying out long-range stand-off strikes on targets deep inside enemy territory — a major deterrent capability.</p><p>The announcement comes after a massive build-up of firepower by rivals China and Russia, and amid growing confrontation between nervous US-led allies and increasingly bellicose authoritarian governments.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/21/23/australias-biggest-warship-deployed-in-ph-drills" id="isPasted">READ: Australia&#x27;s biggest warship deployed in Philippine drills</a></div><p>The plan would see Australia increase its defense spending to 2.4 percent of gross domestic product, above the two percent target set by its NATO allies.</p><p>Some of the ships will be built in Adelaide, ensuring more than 3,000 jobs, but some will be sourced from US designs and a still undecided design from Spain, Germany, South Korea and Japan.</p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div>

<p>Australia will build six Hunter class frigates, 11 general-purpose frigates and six state-of-the-art surface warships that do not need to be crewed.</p>

Australia will build six Hunter class frigates, 11 general-purpose frigates and six state-of-the-art surface warships that do not need to be crewed.

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Australia says to build biggest navy since World War II

Agence France-Presse

Published Feb 20, 2024 09:27 AM PHT

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Updated Feb 20, 2024 11:50 AM PHT

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