Australian Shield — Layered Missile Defence + Civil Defence

Patriot, NASAMS, IBCS integration, civil defence rebuild, sovereign sea mines, and a national civilian reserve corps. A $28.2B first build, then a standing renewal line, to make Australia too costly to attack.

This page is part of Defending Australia. Resilience is defence. Defence is resilience. The strategic perspective on Growing Australia.

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• Defending Australia — home
• The Force Behind the Country
• The Australian Shield
• Funding — ANZAC Bonds
• Defence Costing Model
• Lombrum, Manus Island
• Citations & sources

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