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Australia’s acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines will be the country’s biggest leap in military capability since the end of WWII, Acting Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles says.
“You need to just hold the horses for a little bit. There will be an announcement next week about all this. I’ve obviously seen the speculation that’s around, but this is a really big step for the country,” Marles told the Nine Network’s“This is the biggest step forward in our military capability we’ve had since the end of the Second World War.
“Because there is nothing which gives any adversary a second thought more than a capable submarine, which is why it is so important that we are bringing to bear this capability in the future,” he said.
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