australian govt has been sold on prsm block v as the way to protect our approaches. it doesn't exist yet, but we've purchase mike boat replacements, & lsts to move them, himars launchers to fire them, and nasams to defend them. its a near duplicate of the new usmc orbat. sealane denial via island hopping long range ashm detachments. as prsm isn't available we will buy atacms to keep the usmc happy and so the govt can claim it has an operational capability, not a multi billion dollar orphan, of which we have had many. keep in mind the itar approval was for the hi,ars and launcher pods, not for any missiles. the govt claims it is going to build a fully operational himars missile factory by 2028, but there is no budget allocated, no contracts issued and no itar approval.
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