Meanwhile, the US in April deployed its mid-range capability missile system in joint exercises with the Philippines, marking the first deployment of such a weapon in the Indo-Pacific region since the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty between the US and the erstwhile Soviet Union.
Conroy also highlighted China's test-firing of an ICBM in September, when the missile travelled over 11,000 kilometre (km) to land in the Pacific Ocean northeast of Australia.
Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles has also said that his country was unveiling its "blueprint" for the rapid domestic manufacturing of missiles and the acquisition of long-range strike capabilities.
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