Australia will spend more than $3.5billion to purchase 120 tanks and other armoured vehicles from the United States as China continues to gain a military advantage over the Western world.
Summary
- Australia will spend more than $3.5billion to purchase 120 tanks and other armoured vehicles from the United States.
- The upgrade could see the Australian Army gain up to 75 Abrams tanks, 29 assault breacher vehicles, 17 joint assault bridge vehicles, and six armoured recovery vehicles.
- The new additions reveal the government’s interest in building a solid fleet of armoured vehicles in contrast to recent purchases of submarines and jet fighters.
- Armoured vehicles are expected to cost Australia between $30billion and $42billion in the next three decades as China continues to gain a military advantage.
- ‘We end up with spirals of increasing army, military build-ups, mistrust and increasing risk of war.