The Albanese government has approved a tender process that will pit the StrikeMaster mobile missile launcher against the American-made High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), currently being used by Ukrainian forces.
The Australian Army is a step closer to acquiring the StrikeMaster — a defence system that uses a Bushmaster vehicle to carry naval strike missiles.
Known as StrikeMaster, the Australian-developed product utilises a pair of Naval Strike Missiles mounted on top of the domestically produced Bushmaster, which can be fired at enemy targets on land and sea out to at least 250 kilometres. Under Project LAND 8113 phase two, Defence will consider whether the army should adopt the cheaper and locally produced StrikeMaster, which uses sea-skimming missiles, instead of buying a second regiment of HIMARS, which fires multiple long-range rockets.and the ability to move around with more agility at the edges of land and sea, greatly extending its current ability to fire only out to 40 kilometres.
While the Lockheed Martin-produced HIMARS is regarded well by the Australian military, there are concerns about the high cost and lack of sovereignty with the US-made technology and the long acquisition times given numerous other nations have ordered it.
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