U.S. soldiers from 1-1 Air Defense Artillery Battalion fire a Patriot missile during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2021 at Camp Growl in Queensland, Australia on July 16, 2021. U.S. Army photo by Maj. Trevor Wild, 38th ADA BDE Public Affairs.
Australia and the United States are to begin the joint manufacture of guided weapons, including strike missiles, at a new local manufacturing facility in Newcastle.
The facility, in Williamtown near the RAAF base, is estimated to have the capacity to produce 4,000 units every year.
