Australia, Japan sign contracts to start $7 billion warship deal

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Australia and Japan signed contracts on Saturday (April 18) launching a landmark $7 billion (A$10 billion ) deal to supply Australia with warships, Tokyo's most consequential military sale since ending a military export ban in 2014. Australian defense minister Richard Marles said contracts were signed for the first three frigates to be built in Japan, with eight more to be built in Australia. - REUTERS

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00:00Today we are announcing that contracts have now been signed for the provision of the upgraded Megami-class frigates to

00:09the Royal Australian Navy as our new general purpose frigate, with the first of those to be delivered to Australia

00:16in December of 2029.

00:18The signing of the Megami Memorandum, which we have just done now, will deepen defence industry cooperation between our two

00:29nations, specifically in the development of this critical capability for the Royal Australian Navy and also for Japan.

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