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Friday, February 21, 2014

RAAF to get eight new Poseidon ocean patrol planes in $4bn deal

P-8A PoseidonThe Abbott government will spend $4 billion buying eight highly-sophisticated P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol planes for the Royal Australian Air Force.

The US-built aircraft will be delivered in 2017 to replace the Cold War-era P3 Orion aircraft.

While the purchase has been planned for some time, today’s announcement comes a fortnight after China sent several warships, escorted by a submarine, through the Sunda Strait between the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra.

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