Royal Australian Navy Discussions and Updates 2.0

[Volkodav]

Sadly yes

We have two warships

Hobarts have just the one CIWS , so hopefully the incoming threat in a Hail Mary situation is within its arc of fire.
The 25mm is a CIWS against very limited threats only.
It’s a dated toy.
An upgrade to 30mm should of happened yesterday.
Something else would be better again.

I’m not critical so much of either major political party but rather the broad spread of media who don’t hold our politicians to account.

If Andrew Hastie or someone on the other side stood up and said to the public you need to know how it is . We have failed you. We have made poor decisions on defence. Own it. Articulate what’s needed. Sell it. Budget for it.

Many of us are doing it tough , but we would understand the need given the news and uncertainty of the world that defence needs funding.

Im no Trumpist, but we do need to start looking after ourselves.

Two ships is a wake-up call

Cheers S

I've been rabbiting on about this for years, we replaced nine multirole mid level combatants with three.

The anzacs we promoted to gp frigates by default.

 

[StevoJH]

How much need is there for escort ships against drones and aerial threats?

There are multiple AEW&C aircraft in play, there are shore based SAM's that theoretically can be networked with these platforms.

Missiles such as Hellfire and Martlet are (relatively) low cost and can be used against Drone targets.

Missiles such as Hellfire and Brimstone can be used against IRGC speedboats if they decide to be suicidal.

This is all assuming that the local air forces can keep Irans IADS suppressed.

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Ignoring all this, are Lloyds (and alternatives) even offering War Risk insurance for ships running the gauntlet?