Australia sizes up a continent-size gap in air defenses

Australia sizes up a continent-size gap in air defenses

Military leaders are prizing sensors over interceptors in what will be Australia’s future network of weapons for defending would-be targets.

After the contact, in which the Australians knew “how we could operate with this aircraft”, in the words of the Royal Australian Air Force Chief of Air Capacity, Air Vice Marshal Nicholas Hogan, “we have asked for more information.” At the moment, Deputy Marshal Hogan qualifies the GCAP as a “exciting” program, but admits “There are a lot of unknowns” that prevent his country from making a decision on the program today.

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Australia Sizes Up A Continent-size Gap In Air Defenses

MELBOURNE, Australia — Australian military leaders are scrambling to cobble together fresh air defense capabilities, as China’s missile arsenal is growing and Beijing’s warships have started showing up in Australasia. Global companies offered weaponry to that end at the recent Avalon International Airshow, held near Melbourne in late March. For now it appears that military leaders are prizing sensors over interceptors in what will be Australia’s…