Australia invests in expanding 155mm munitions, aerial bomb capacity

Summary

KEY POINTS:

1. Australia’s Defence Strategic Review recommended increasing local manufacturing of weapons.
2. The investment will boost capacity to produce the BLU-111(AUS) aerial bomb.
3. Australia first deployed the 500-pound warhead on the F-35A in a laser-guided bomb configuration in 2021.

References

• Media Check: Defense News - Media Bias Fact Check (High Credibility)
• Collections | The Runway (airforce.gov.au)
• ADDITIONAL READING RAAF RUNWAY (PME)
• RAAF RUNWAY: RATIONALE, GUIDELINES, LEARNING OUTCOMES, ETC.