Royal Australian Navy Discussions and Updates 2.0

[spoz]

And as noted, nor does it have CIWS. Or Nulka, so far as I can see; in fact it is rather short of decoys all around. Can’t sea EOS, either.

Arrays near the masthead are almost certainly X band horizon search for sea skimmers but they do look like a CEA product, if so not one I know.

 

[Going Boeing]

A couple of great pics of HMAS Adelaide in Jervis Bay - courtesy of Maree Clout through her “Jervis Bay Through My Eyes” Facebook site.

 

[devo99]

And as noted, nor does it have CIWS. Or Nulka, so far as I can see;

There appears to be Nulka launchers above the hanger just fore of the MASS launcher.

 

[hauritz]

It surprises me that we haven't ordered more CIWS. A dozen Phalanx clearly aren't enough.

 

[iambuzzard]

Yup - DTR has another one with much more detail in the May edition on pager 30-31. The radar face orientation now matches the upgraded Anzacs.

Still 32 Mk40 VLS since that was asked earlier.

What is the new set of small faces on top of the mast? Are they for top protection/ballistic missile tracking? Different band?
On ANZAC each band was a different face size. Now it looks like 4 faces (1 large, 2 medium, 1 small) for each 60 degree arc.

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That looks like a lot of empty deck space above the mission bay. Room for more NSM or perhaps another CIWS?

 

[Reptilia]

That looks like a lot of empty deck space above the mission bay. Room for more NSM or perhaps another CIWS?

Would prefer adaptable deck launcher if possible -if it can take the weight.
An extra 8 to 16 cells without cutting into the mission bay gives you a lot of versatility, especially if they integrate both LRASM and NSM with the mk41.

 

[Going Boeing]

That looks like a lot of empty deck space above the mission bay. Room for more NSM or perhaps another CIWS?

The original layout showed the Phalanx CIWS on each side of the intake/exhaust stack which left the area above the mission bay relatively clear.



The mission bay area is large enough that on the proposed AAW version, it would be replaced by 64 Mk41 VLS as well as 16 NSM launchers.