Australia could become integral to U.S. national security supply chains after it was announced that the pacific nation is looking to establish a domestic missile industry that would support the U.S. and Australian defence forces.
At a press conference in Washington D.C, Australian Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy told reporters that Australia had contracted two of the dominant missile producers in the U.S. defence industry, Lockheed Martin Australia and Raytheon Australia, to see what opportunities Australia has to manufacture missiles or missile parts for both countries.
“This is a really important enterprise,” Conroy said. “The lessons from the Ukraine war are that we use missile stocks or all munitions, but particularly guided weapons, very fast in a conflict,” he said….