Australia acquiring long-range missiles
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SYDNEY - Australia has announced plans to acquire long-range cruise missiles that will give its defence force the &#39;most lethal capacity&#39; for air combat in the region.
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CANBERRA, Australia  - Australia will become the first country in the Southeast Asia Pacific region to be armed with long-range stealth cruise missiles in a move that could irritate its neighbours, a newspaper said Thursday.
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SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister John Howard said he would not hesitate to order pre-emptive strikes against terrorist bases overseas as he unveiled a plan for anti-terror police flying squads.
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A two-day international summit has opened in Australia aimed at combating the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Government ministers and diplomats from across the Asia-Pacific region are meeting to discuss
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25 September 2004 -- The Iranian defense minister announced today that the country has successfully test-fired a strategic, long-range missile and delivered the weapon to its armed forces.
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SYDNEY - Australia is considering signing a new defence and security agreement with Indonesia to replace a treaty that was scrapped after Canberra led United Nations peacekeepers into East Timor in 1999.
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The US government gives BAE Systems and Northrop Grumman $45m each to develop anti-missile systems to protect civilian aircraft.
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JOHN Howard has announced a $98.7 million investment in counter-terrorism that includes pushing cutting-edge Australian technology into the Asia-Pacific.
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Australia re-elected a conservative government recently, which will allow the expansion of a crucial part of the U.S. missile defense shield. Critics say the Pine Gap facility could start an arms race in Asia. Patrick Gray reports from Brisbane, Australia.
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American troops will train with new U.S. military equipment in Australia under a pact being negotiated by Washington and Canberra, a prominent defense analyst said Friday.
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Raytheon Co. , the world's largest missile maker, received a US Navy order worth as much as $1.6 billion over five years for an updated version of the Tomahawk cruise missile used in Iraq.
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The United States is to build a new  military satellite communications base in Australia, the  government said on Thursday, after three years of secret  negotiations between the two allies.
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Indonesia says Australia has provided a briefing about its decision to arm navy destroyers and fighter jets with missiles capable of hitting targets up to 400 kilometres away.
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CANBERRA, Australia  - Australia plans to create  what it believes will be the most lethal force of fighter jets  in Southeast Asia by equipping its aircraft with long-range  missiles in a move critics said could antagonize neighbors.
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Australia is to spend A$48m (US$35m) increasing security against possible terrorist threats at regional airports around the country.
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Australia will double to A$20 million ($15.4 million) its anti-terrorism assistance to Indonesia as part of efforts to deepen coordination in fighting militants, Foreign
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Australia will buy a fleet of 27 high-speed naval boats for counter-terror operations, particularly around Sydney Harbour, and to combat drug and gun smuggling in New South Wales state, officials said on Sunday.