China direct strike threat to Australia ‘growing’: report

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A report indicates that China's capability to strike Australia will grow over the next decade, fueled by increased deployment of the DF-27 intermediate-range ballistic missile and possibly conventionally armed intercontinental ballistic missiles. This marks a growing security concern in the Asia-Pacific region.

China's capacity to strike Australia would grow over the next decade as "the DF-27 intermediate-range ballistic missile, and potentially a conventionally armed intercontinental ballistic missile, grow in service numbers"