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Australia to buy up to 220 US Tomahawk missiles

Ship and missile

A Tomahawk missile launch from a US Navy destroyer Source: AAP / MC1 Woody Shag Paschall / U.S. Navy HANDOUT/EPA

The federal government says Australia needs long-range missiles to keep adversaries at bay.


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By Sara Tomevska

Source: SBS News



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The federal government says Australia needs long-range missiles to keep adversaries at bay.


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