Australia to buy 6 US-made Triton drones for $5.1 billion
The Tritons will operate with 12 manned P-8 Poseidon surveillance planes that are replacing the aging P-3 Orion aircraft, he said.
Australia will ramp up its defense spending to 2 percent of gross domestic product by 2020, a year earlier than had initially been promised, Pyne said.
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