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Australia announces $4.7 billion to buy SM-2 and SM-6 from US

Posted on by L. Dreeye
Australia announces .7 billion to buy SM-2 and SM-6 from US

Royal Australian Navy Hobart-class destroyer HMAS Sydney launches the country’s first Standard 6 (SM-6) missile during Exercise Pacific Dragon 2024 in July 2024. (Photo: LSIS Daniel Goodman, Royal Australian Navy)

The Australian government on Monday announced a $4.7 billion deal to purchase RTX Standard Missile-2 Block IIIC (SM-2 IIIC) and SM-6 missiles for its surface ships.

“The Standard 6 Missile and the Standard 2 Block IIIC Missile will allow our fleet to strike…