The National Security Committee of Cabinet will soon make profound decisions about the size and shape of the Australian navy, with proposals to purchase three air warfare destroyers for between $6 billion and $8 billion and two large amphibious ships for about $2 billion.
They will be the most important decisions about the future shape of the Australian navy since the Collins Class submarines 20 years ago.
The air warfare destroyers will be the most potent warships in our region and by far the most capable destroyers the navy has owned for more than 40 years. The amphibious ships will be the largest in Asia - larger than anything that China, Japan or India presently has. But there has been insufficient information in the public domain about the strategic justification for these warships.
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