{"id":88496,"date":"2024-10-22T18:48:35","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T18:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/10\/22\/australia-announces-47-billion-purchase-of-us-air-defense-missiles\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:11:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:11:18","slug":"australia-announces-47-billion-purchase-of-us-air-defense-missiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2024\/10\/22\/australia-announces-47-billion-purchase-of-us-air-defense-missiles\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia announces $4.7 billion purchase of US air defense missiles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Australia announced this week it was buying $4.7 billion in American-made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/industry\/techwatch\/2024\/04\/25\/raytheon-to-develop-two-standard-missile-types-with-better-targeting\/\" target=\"_blank\">SM-2 and SM-6 missiles<\/a> \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.minister.defence.gov.au\/media-releases\/2024-10-22\/safeguarding-australians-boost-air-and-missile-defence\" target=\"_blank\">two of the world\u2019s most advanced air defense interceptors<\/a> \u2014 in a colossal foreign military sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two governments finished the deal this spring but unveiled it Tuesday, Australia\u2019s Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy said. He declined to give specific delivery numbers or a schedule, only saying that the funding would last for a decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere was a strong view we needed to both upgrade the capability of air defense, but also increase the numbers of missiles we\u2019re holding,\u201d Conroy said in an interview while visiting Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Missile defense is one of the top priorities listed in Australia\u2019s 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defence.gov.au\/about\/strategic-planning\/2024-national-defence-strategy-2024-integrated-investment-program\" target=\"_blank\">defense strategy,<\/a> published this April, which name drops the SM-6. In the plan, the government pledged to double its number of major warships and build a firmer defense industry of its own \u2014 as the country, like America, accepts competition with China as the norm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Canberra\u2019s defense budget, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/asia-pacific\/2024\/05\/15\/australia-unveils-record-37-billion-defense-budget\/\" target=\"_blank\">published a month after in May<\/a>, committed a record $37 billion, or just over 2% of GDP, toward its military. The government aims to reach 2.3% of GDP, right now around $67 billion, by 2033-2034.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The SM, or Standard Missile, Block IIIC and 6 included in the sale will help Australia defend against advanced missile attacks and, in the case of the latter, can provide an anti-ship weapon. The American missile company Raytheon manufactures both, which have a medium and long range respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis combination of long range air defense, anti-ship strike capability &#8230; and giving us our first ability to defend against ballistic missiles through terminal ballistic missile defense was a huge step forward for our navy,\u201d Conroy said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Australia became the first country outside America to fire the SM-6 from a warship this August, when the HMAS Sydney shot one during a military drill near Hawaii. 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