| Tango01 | 25 May 2015 10:50 p.m. PST |
… Warfare Destroyer. "In an important milestone for the Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD) program, the first of three destroyers, Hobart, was launched alongside the Port River wharf in Adelaide today. This is a key achievement for the program and a big step towards the delivery of three highly capable warships to the Royal Australian Navy. The second destroyer Brisbane — now in an advanced state of fit-out with more than half of the blocks already consolidated on the hardstand. Once fully operational, the warships will have a combination of great endurance, offensive and defensive weapons, flexibility and versatility. Hobart, Brisbane and Sydney will assume a leading command and control role with the Australian Defence Force and Coalition forces capable of carrying out multi-mission operations.
The Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD) program is one of the largest and most complex Defence projects ever undertaken in Australia and has been instrumental in building a strong shipbuilding capability in Australia…"
Full article here
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Amicalement
Armand |
| Ghecko | 25 May 2015 11:33 p.m. PST |
Overdue and over budget as usual |
| PHGamer | 26 May 2015 6:03 a.m. PST |
Very nice lines on that one. |
| Tango01 | 26 May 2015 10:26 a.m. PST |
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| Mikasa | 26 May 2015 3:07 p.m. PST |
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| StarCruiser | 26 May 2015 5:28 p.m. PST |
Small country (in population) equals a small navy… |
| Lion in the Stars | 26 May 2015 6:19 p.m. PST |
@Starcruiser: But an island-continent nation heavily dependent on foreign trade needs to be able to keep those trade routes safe. |
| Supercilius Maximus | 27 May 2015 3:11 a.m. PST |
Can anyone spot any guns on it? |
| David in Coffs | 27 May 2015 5:35 a.m. PST |
Not on yet iirc will be 1x5" |
| doug redshirt | 27 May 2015 7:10 a.m. PST |
That's why you make friends with the largest Navy in the world. |
| David in Coffs | 27 May 2015 2:50 p.m. PST |
ANZUS and ASEAN and good relations with India and Japan and a source of raw materials and a market for finished products for China. No point in having more ships than the nation can afford and of one type rather than a balanced fleet suitable for likely mission and threats. |
| David in Coffs | 27 May 2015 7:03 p.m. PST |
Two useful links navy.gov.au/fleet and link on the RAN
And the Hobart class link Armament: 48-cell Mark 41 Vertical Launch System
• RIM-66 Standard 2 missile
• RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow missile
2 x 4-canister Harpoon missile launchers
1 x Mark 45 Mod 4 5-inch gun
2 x Mark 32 Mod 9 two-tube torpedo launchers
• Eurotorp MU90 torpedoes
1 x Phalanx CIWS
2 x 25mm M242 Bushmaster autocannons in Typhoon mounts |
| skaran | 28 May 2015 10:32 p.m. PST |
As for the line about builing a strong shipbuilding capacity in Australia the yard does not have any contracts after the last of these is delivered. They apparently have been talking about a frigate version using the same basic hull but any decision may come too late to keep the workforce together. |
locates some hard-to-find military toys at the dollar store.