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SYDNEY : Australia announced a cruise missile programme to give it the region&#39;s &quot;most lethal&quot; air combat capacity, a move that further strained awkward relations with Indonesia.
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WELLINGTON, N.Z.  - Australia has angered its neighbour New Zealand, with a plan to impose an 1,850-kilometre security zone around the Australian coastline.
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Australia is to send a patrol ship and aircraft to monitor the actions of Japan's whaling fleet off Antarctica.
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Australia on Thursday warned China's rapid military expansion risked causing greater instability in the region as Prime Minister John Howard launched a new doctrine calling for military operations far from home.
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Australia announced a A$10 billion  ($7.6 billion) plan to increase the size of its army on  Thursday so it could respond more quickly to emergencies caused  by growing instability in small Asia-Pacific nations.
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SYDNEY, Aug 26 : Australia announced plans Thursday to acquire long-range cruise missiles that will give its defence force the &quot;most lethal capacity&quot; for air combat in the region.
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AUSTRALIA will open specialist bomb centres in south east Asian cities and set up flying squads of federal police to foil terrorist attacks across the region under plans unveiled by Prime Minister Mr John Howard yesterday.
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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.
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Australia has angered its neighbour New Zealand, with a plan to impose an 1,850-kilometre security zone around the Australian coastline.
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Australia will equip its Air Force with stealth cruise missiles to maintain military superiority over its neighbours, the Government announced yesterday.
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Australia plans to spend nearly $300 million on new long-range missiles. The Defense Minister says the missiles, capable of hitting land and sea targets, will be carried on F/A-18 fighter jets and maritime patrol planes.
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JOHN Howard will unveil a $100 million plan today to create six new Australian Federal Police &quot;flying squads&quot; to tackle terrorism in Southeast Asia.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard has attacked a plan by US presidential candidate Barack Obama to withdraw troops from Iraq, saying it would lead to destabilisation around the world.
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SYDNEYâPrime Minister John Howard unveiled a plan for âflying squadsâ of police to stop terrorist attacks in the region Monday, stressing he would not hesitate to order a preemptive strike overseas if needed to protect Australia.
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Australia will send planes and a ship to conduct surveillance of Japanese whaling ships off Antarctica in a bid to build a potential legal case against whaling for scientific research, the government said Wednesday.
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Australia will spend more than nine billion US dollars on five warships to be built in partnership with the Spanish company Navantia, Prime Minister John Howard announced Wednesday.
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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.