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Australia and Japan seal $6.5B warship deal with 3 Mogami frigates ordered first
The first three frigates will be built in Japan, and the class can be crewed by about 90 personnel, officials said.
- On Saturday, Defence Minister Richard Marles and Japanese Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi signed a $7 billion deal in Melbourne to supply 11 Mogami-class frigates to the Royal Australian Navy.
- This agreement marks Tokyo's most consequential military sale since ending its export ban in 2014, replacing Australia's World War II-era ANZAC-class warships increasingly vulnerable to modern missile and drone attacks.
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will build the first three frigates in Japan before a "transition to an onshore build" at the Henderson Defence Precinct near Perth, with vessels requiring a crew of 92.
- Japan is now positioned as an "indispensable partner" to Australia following defense strategy updates adding $53 billion over a decade, aiming to strengthen security ties beyond the United States to counter China.
- Australia expects the first Japanese-built Mogami to arrive by 2029, with the third expected by 2034, representing the fastest defense acquisition of its size in Australian history.
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