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May 4th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Australian Prime Minster Julia Gillard announced the decision to delay the purchase on Thursday, a move that will alone save the country more than AUD 1.6 billion (USD 1.65 billion), AFP reported.
A further AUD 225 million (USD 230 million) will be saved by scrapping the planned purchase of self-propelled artillery.
However, a planned AUD-214-million (USD-219-million) project to design and build 12 advanced submarines to replace the Navy’s ageing Collins fleet will elude the spending cuts.
Gillard promised that the spending cuts would not affect the needs of frontline troops, including the 1,500 forces deployed in Afghanistan.
“The (defense) budget will protect our men and women on the front line. They will get all of the kit and support that they need. There will be no impact on any of our overseas operations,” she said.
The F-35 jets, which were part of an order for 14 such aircraft, were scheduled for delivery between 2015 and 2017. The other two, which Australia is contractually obliged to purchase, have already been manufactured by the American company, Lockheed Martin and are now in the United States for testing and training.
Meanwhile, Australian Defense Minster Stephen Smith said that he had assured his US counterpart Leon Panetta that the cuts would not affect the US-Australia alliance.
The F-35 JSF program is an international plan intended to replace a wide range of existing fighter, strike, and ground attack aircraft in the US, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and their allies.
The hi-tech jet fighters reportedly constitute the Pentagon’s most expensive weapons program to date.
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