A National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System is standing guard at the entrance to Perth’s convention centre, and that’s after two identity checks, a bag search and a security wand checkpoint to get through the front door.
Australia’s largest biennial land defence industry exhibition, Land Forces, kicked off in Perth on Tuesday, attracting some of the world’s most high-profile defence companies alongside 258 government, industry and academic delegations, and a small battalion of anti-war protesters whose presence has prompted 10 days of special police powers and an $11.5 million policing price tag.
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