A Lowy Institute report said the main threat to Australia was from Chinese missiles fired from ships, submarines and a new ballistic missile
2-MIN READ2-MIN ListenAgence France-PressePublished: 1:37am, 15 Jun 2026China is capable of a direct missile strike on Australia and the threat is growing as Beijing amasses long-range and hypersonic weapons and builds islands in the South China Sea, an Australian think tank said on Sunday.
The DF-27 missile has a range of 5,000km to 8,000km (3,000 miles to 5,000 miles), the US military said in December.
