Royal Australian Navy Discussions and Updates 2.0

[StevoJH]

Government has unfortunately already stated a 2 year drumbeat.
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Japan
1-Build 2026, Delivery 2029, Commissioning 2030
2-Build 2028, Delivery 2031, Commissioning 2032
3-Build 2030, Delivery 2033, Commissioning 2034
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Australia - Construction start 2029.
4to11 2036-2050
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4to11 2034-2048

Way too slow, should be every 18 months minimum. 2034-2045.

That really depends on what the build timeframe on the Hunter class looks like.

If you could put one ship into service every 12 months with a commitment to continue building at that Tempo, at the 15-20 year mark you get the option to either continue increasing fleet size, or start to sell older ships off on the second hand market at about the time they are due for an expensive midlife update.

 

[iambuzzard]

That really depends on what the build timeframe on the Hunter class looks like.

If you could put one ship into service every 12 months with a commitment to continue building at that Tempo, at the 15-20 year mark you get the option to either continue increasing fleet size, or start to sell older ships off on the second hand market at about the time they are due for an expensive midlife update.

Increase the fleet size.