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Australia Delivers Bushmasters To Ukraine
The Australian government has announced the transfer of 20 Bushmaster protected mobility vehicles to Ukraine.
The first three vehicles were loaded onto a Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster III at RAAF Amberley in Queensland.
- Matthew Moss
- OVD
The transfer comes after President Zelensky’s direct plea for armored vehicles during his address to the Australian Parliament on 31 March 2022. In response Prime Minister Scott Morrison said “not just sending our prayers… we’re going to be sending our armoured vehicles, our bushmasters as well, and we’ll be flying them over on our C-17s”.
Built in Australia by Thales Australia, over 1,000 of the…