THE AUSSIES PLAN SHALL NOT BE BLIND SIDED BY THE COMMUNIST EXPANSION IN THE SOUTH SEA - AS THE AUSTRALIA MILITARY TO EXPAND ITS MILITARY BUDGET TO $195 BILLION FOR MODERNIZATION AND UPGRADES

DEFENSE SPEND: WHERE THE MONEY WILL GO

● $195 billion to be spent over 10 years on land, sea, air, intelligence, surveillance and electronic warfare assets
Defence force budget spending to increase by $29.9 billion .
AIR STRIKE $34 billion
● 72 F-35A Lightning II Joint strike fighters
● 12 E/A-18G Growlers electronic attack aircraft
● New air to air, air to surface and anti-ship missile weapons
● Integrated air and missile defence systems
LAND $35 billion
● New missile armed unmanned aircraft (drones) for troop protection
● New long range rocket and artillery program
● Attack helicopters
● Upgraded M1 Abrams battle tanks
● Fleet of light armed for river and estuarine battles
SEA $49 billion
● 12 new regionally superior submarines to replace Collins class
● Nine new anti-submarine warfare frigates
● 12 new offshore patrol vessels
● 7 PA-8 Poseidon spy planes bringing total to 15
● Tactical drones to assist war ship operations
● State of the art mine defence and countermeasures
● New land based anti-ship missile system
CYBER, INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, SPACE $18 billion
● 7 MQ4C Triton unmanned surveillance aircraft (drones)
● Upgrade of Jindalee over the horizon radar system
● Increased cyber defence capability
● Long range Gulfstream jets for electronic warfare
FORCE STRUCTURE
●Increase of 5000 new ADF personnel to strength of 62,400

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/australian-defence-white-paper-195b-modernisation-of-military-prepares-adf-for-regional-instability/news-story/58297f9991b87b61b76d314a35c45eff