So… we did it.
Australia just handed Japan a $10 billion contract to build our new navy frigates. Not Germany. Not a safer, cheaper, proven model. Japan. And depending on who you ask, it’s either a visionary strategic move—or the latest in a long line of overambitious defence buys we’ll regret in five years.
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