Australian Hornet Upgrades (HUG)

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Aussie Digger

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gf, do you know anything about the project to acquire a "littoral support weapon" for the RAAF? I've read that they still plan to acquire such a weapon for the F/A-18 fleet, but very few other details other than that. Do you know the sort of weapons they had in mind for this?
 
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Aussie Digger

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They were flares they were dropping. The footage was attached to an ADF website talking about the Electronic Warfare Self-Protection System upgrades for our Hornet fleet. The Hornet fleet (75) + simulators, and support package cost roughly $5.6 Billion in the early 80's whe we bought them. You can't buy new F/A-18 A/B/C/D Hornet fighters anymore. They stopped production in the mid nineties. New F/A -18 E/F Super Hornets cost about 30-40 Million each I believe, plus support costs. Cheers.
 
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Aussie Digger said:
They were flares they were dropping. The footage was attached to an ADF website talking about the Electronic Warfare Self-Protection System upgrades for our Hornet fleet. The Hornet fleet (75) + simulators, and support package cost roughly $5.6 Billion in the early 80's whe we bought them. You can't buy new F/A-18 A/B/C/D Hornet fighters anymore. They stopped production in the mid nineties. New F/A -18 E/F Super Hornets cost about 30-40 Million each I believe, plus support costs. Cheers.
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Thats how EW suite are meant to be, designed by your self, so that no one knows what you have !!!
 
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Aussie Digger

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Well parts of the new EW system will be Aussie designed and manufactured such as the radar warning receiver (ALR-2002). The counter measures dispensing system (ALE-57) etc will be US made and sourced, but supported in Australia.
 
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