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Monday, November 28, 2011

Missile defence upgrade for Anzac frigates

HMAS PerthAustralia's fleet of Anzac frigates, once colourfully dismissed as little more than floating targets, are to be upgraded with an advanced missile defence system.

But it's taken more than a decade, with the $650 million upgrade project encountering numerous difficulties since it was launched in 1999.

Defence Minister Stephen Smith said the ANZAC Anti-Ship Missile Defence (ASMD) system had been trialled on HMAS Perth and proved so successful that the government had now given the go-ahead for the other seven Anzac frigates to be upgraded.

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