Australia Speeds Up Purchase of Sea Mines With Eye on China
- The military is looking to quickly buy ‘smart sea mines’
- Australian and Chinese forces had multiple encounters in 2022
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The Australian government is looking to speed up the purchase of a new generation of sea mines to protect its ports amid growing concern over China’s military build-up and expanding influence in the Pacific.
The Department of Defence said in a statement Monday the “smart” sea mines would be able to discriminate between military targets and other shipping vessels and be “a significant deterrent to potential aggressors.”