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Dominic Giannini

Australia to boost navy firepower with Japanese design

Australia has struck a contract with a Japanese company to replace its aging Anzac-class frigates. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia will buy more than ten Japanese warships to prop up its navy as it enhances its combat fleet to project firepower deeper into the Pacific.

The Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' Mogami-class frigate has undersea warfare and air defence capabilities, including 32 vertical launch missile slots to fire long-range missiles.

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