hmmmmm. IMHO:
Auxiliaries are great, they do awesome things & I love em.
Amphibs are great, same, love them too.
But they all need escorts.
we have an island the size of continental Europe that needs supply,
- to do that we require escorts.
we have a combatant element to the RAN of limited depth in numbers and magazine resilience.
I’m thinking that excepting auxiliaries that are enablers for more efficient combat and escort ops, then these vessels are a defensive burden on an already stretched situation.
Auxiliaries are great, they do awesome things & I love em.
Amphibs are great, same, love them too.
But they all need escorts.
we have an island the size of continental Europe that needs supply,
- to do that we require escorts.
we have a combatant element to the RAN of limited depth in numbers and magazine resilience.
I’m thinking that excepting auxiliaries that are enablers for more efficient combat and escort ops, then these vessels are a defensive burden on an already stretched situation.