WASHINGTON – The US State Department made a dedication to approve a doable international navy sale to Australia of Javelin missiles and associated tools for $60.18 million, the Pentagon mentioned on Tuesday.
Australia has requested to purchase as much as 255 Javelin FGM-148F missiles. The prime US contractor would be the Javelin Joint Venture between protection contractors Lockheed Martin Corp and Raytheon Technologies Corp, the Pentagon mentioned in a press release.
Australia has been boosting its protection spending over the previous few years as China appears to be like to step up its presence within the Indo-Pacific area. — Reuters
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