Subs ahoy! Marles defends Labor’s record in defence

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Other cheaper and more immediate weapons that have so transformed military capability globally – like armed drones – receive far less attention, with an additional $300 million allocated over the next four years and $1.1 billion over a decade. That’s in the context of $330 billion plus in capital spending on defence in that time. Despite some additional funding for missiles, Australia’s surface fleet will also continue to be similarly short of the sophisticated missile systems that have become increasingly key to modern offensive and defensive naval warfare. The contrast between saying and doing has only been sharpened by the...