Let me put it this way, the people I know who do know aren't even telling appropriately cleared people who don't need to know, as such, I will wait until an official announcement.
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Steel is cheap, air is free. The type 26 asw hull is expensive because of rafting, silencing etc. but in the overall scheme of things the expensive part is the combat system.
Are you suggesting 96 cells isn't fit for purpose? I think the whole point is we're getting Burke firepower and sensors on a platform that's quieter than a Type-23, even if you don't have the S2087, it can never be a bad thing.
Sadly, all behind paywalls.Murdoch media, the Advertiser. (Hunter program speculation)
Followed by… 7 West Media, the West Australian.
Where WA’s pitching to build Arrowhead warships
WA is poised to make a pitch to the Federal Government to become the home of a future warship build that will fill a capability gap for the Royal Australian Navy.thewest.com.au
WA’s shipbuilding workforce to benefit from warship bid
The shipbuilding workforce in WA could be increased six-fold with an international defence company finding a new way to address worker and skills shortages.
I was referring to the Arrowhead as the smaller option, no AEGIS or equivalent means the fact it can be fitted with 32 cell Mk-41 is irrelevant, it will still be inferior to the Hunter.
One word, @China@!
Volks, you are the lightning rod of commonsense on here.
Which of their missiles are superior and to what?
Bl**dy paywallThis article saying Hunter buy will most likely be slashed to as few as 3
Then a lower end vessel will be bought. Arrowhead or a Navantia Corvette offering most likely.
3 more Air Warfare focused vessels also likely.
No Paywall here.
Frigates in firing line as government plans naval overhaul
Expectations are firming that the number of Hunter-class frigates will be slashed from a planned nine to six, or possibly even three, vessels.www.theage.com.au
The Age article suggests that the 3 Air Warfare vessels would be Hunter based - so the rumours have that in common.
The one that speculates and is based on the WA Government making a suggestion?
I assume most of the Houthis missiles are Iranian and the potential enemy with superior missiles is China. Are Chinese missiles comparable or superior to Western missiles? The non existent ICBMs in water filled silos, no, but all the mobile and naval missiles, I guess we will know in 5-10 years.
With any sort of luck we won't. Hopefully it's not too much to still hope for a war being avoided at this point.
Seems like we've still got a week or two of waiting to go yet.
The Houthi fired missiles appear to be Iranian and as previously observed, they struggle to hit slow moving, unarmed civilian ships that they know exactly where they are.