Hugely significant : Australia to manufacture and export missiles to US

, Hugely, significant, Australia Australia will begin produce its own missiles in two years under an ambitious plan that will allow the country provide guided weapons the US and possibly export other nations. The forced to accelerate creation of a local missile manufacturing industry in cooperation with US will be one of central part announcements in Australianunited states consultation on Saturday. US Defense Minister Lloyd Austin and Australian Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles at Brisbane on Friday. Both US and Australian officials are warned to play concerns that Aukus Pact can be removed from rail by division of US Congress after it is warned that 23 Senate Republicans will not support Australia unless they double their production. The common missile production effort is directed by the war in Ukraine, which emphasizes a uncomfortable ammunition lack of stock in Western countries, including the USA.