Australia Plans A $190 Billion USD Defense Boost Over The Next Decade

Daily Mail: How Australia's $270B defence boost is designed to deter and respond to military threats - as fears grow of a war in Asia within 10 years and Scott Morrison warns of a 'dangerous and disorderly' post-pandemic world

* Australia is spending $270billion over a decade on boosting defence hardware
* Long-range missiles that can reach a distance of 370km are part of that program
* Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Australia faced greatest threat since 1940s
* National security risk at most heightened since Darwin bombed in World War II
* Australian Strategic Policy Institute fears Asian war will happen within ten years
* Defence expert Michael Shoebridge said China would be the likely aggressor

Australia is bracing for the possibility of war on home soil for the first time in almost 80 years as defence spending is supercharged.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced Australia will be acquiring long-range missiles that can hit a target 370km away, as part of a plan to spend $270billion on defence hardware during the coming decade.

A top military expert is warning a war in the Asia-Pacific was likely within the next ten years, as China became increasingly aggressive.

As recently as 2013, Australia's defence spending as a proportion of the economy was the lowest it had been since 1938 - before the onset of World War II.

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More News On Australia's Defense Budget

Australia plans $190 billion defense boost over decade -- AP
Australia announces $186 billion in defense spending amid rising tensions in the Indo-Pacific -- CNN
Australia’s Defense Spending to Surge Amid Contest in Indo-Pacific -- Bloomberg
Australia to boost defence spending by £151bn as PM warns of ‘more dangerous’ world after coronavirus pandemic -- The Independent
Australia seeks long-range missiles in Indo-Pacific defence shift -- BBC
Australia prepares massive defence boost in 'dangerous' world -- Al Jazeera
Australia cancels Darwin wharf and air-to-air refuellers under $270bn defence overhaul -- The Guardian
Australia Spending Nearly $1 Billion on Cyberdefense as China Tensions Rise -- New York Times