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Caitlin Powell

Australia-Canada to fast track missile defence research

Missile defence has been prioritised in Australia's National Defence Strategy program. (HANDOUT/DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE)

Australia and Canada will enter a new partnership for air and missile defence research as part of a joint aim for security in the Indo-Pacific region.

Defence ministers for Canada and Australia, Bill Blair and Richard Marles, announced on Saturday that each country will contribute $C237 million ($A260 million) over five years on a project to understand emerging missile threats.

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