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原文：

 Australia has announced a decade-long plan to double its fleet of warships and boost its defense spending by an additional 11.1 billion Australian dollars （$7.25 bn）.

 Defense Minister Richard Marles said on Tuesday that the government's plan would eventually increase the navy's surface combatant fleet to 26 from 11, the largest since the end of World War II.

 Under the plan, Marles said Australia will get six Hunter class frigates, 11 general-purpose frigates, three air warfare destroyers and six state-of- the-art surface warships that do not need to be crewed.

 At least some of the fleet will be armed with Tomahawk missiles capable of long-range strikes on targets deep inside enemy territory—a major deterrent capability.

 "What is critically important to understand is that as we look forward, with uncertain world in terms of greet powers contest, we'll have a dramatically different capability in the mid-2030s to what we have now," he added.

 The Minister said the large optionally crewed surface vessels （LSOV）, which can be operated remotely and are being developed by the US, will significantly boost the navy's long-range strike capability. The vessels could be inducted by the mid-2030s.

中譯：

 澳洲宣布將艦隊規模擴增一倍的10年計畫，並另增加111億澳元（約72億5000萬美元）的國防支出。

 防長馬勒斯週二表示，政府計畫將海軍現有水面作戰艦隊從11艘增加至26艘，建立自二戰以來最大的艦隊。

 他指出，根據本計畫，澳洲將打造6艘「獵人級」巡防艦、11艘通用巡防艦、3艘防空驅逐艦和6艘先進大型無人水面作戰艦，其中部分艦艇將配備戰斧飛彈。此型飛彈具備對敵人領土深遠目標進行遠程攻擊能力，也是主要嚇阻力量。

 馬勒斯表示：「最重要的是，當我們展望未來時，要了解在一個不確定的強權競爭的世界中，我們將在2030年代中期，擁有與現在截然不同的戰力。」

 他並指出，美國目前正發展有人和無人遠端操控大型水面艦艇，將可大幅提升遠程打擊能力。這批6艘先進大型無人水面艦艇，預計在2030年代中期加入海軍服役。

-關鍵軍語-

 ※frigate：巡防艦

 ※destroyer：驅逐艦

 ※state-of-the-art surface warships：先進水面戰艦

 ※major deterrent capability：主要嚇阻能力