Australia, Japan sign frigate deal, defence ties enter new phase - 日豪、護衛艦契約締結、防衛連携が新段階へ

Australia has signed contracts to buy Japanese warships to prop up its navy as it looks to project firepower deeper into the Pacific. In what is Tokyo's most consequential military sale since ending a military export ban in 2014, Defence Ministers Richard Marles and Shinjiro Koizumi have signed a memorandum for the $10 billion contract. - 4月17日から19日の日程で来豪した小泉進次郎防衛大臣が、リチャード・マールズ国防相と会談し、海上自衛隊の最新鋭護衛艦「もがみ」型をベースにした、オーストラリア海軍の新型艦の共同開発について契約を結びました。