Royal Australian Navy Discussions and Updates 2.0

[StevoJH]

The U.S.N has trialled reloading at sea recently ,Im not sure if the RAN would go down that path ,,their need was to adddress the distance to ports where they could replenish missile stocks after action ,calm seas being vital

U.S. Navy Successfully Tests At-Sea Missile Reloading System in Major Naval Exercise

U.S. Navy has tested a new system for reloading missiles at sea—a move aimed at keeping warships armed and ready without needing to return to port. This t

www.thedefensenews.com

I'm not sure how realistic it is, they used a 200 metre specialised crane ship.

I'm assuming that if it was possible for a normal replenishment ship to do it using its own resources they would have used one of those for a more realistic proof of concept.

 

[MARKMILES77]

Australian Government has revealed, at a press conference, some of the weapons/payloads which Ghost Shark can potentially carry/launch including:
-Sea Mines
-Altius Unmanned Aerial Vehicles with Kinetic Payloads
-Logistics Caches, presumably to resupply Special Forces.
-Light Weight and Heavy Weight Torpedos.

https://www.minister.defence.gov.au/transcripts/2026-10-19/press-conference-sydney

MINISTER FOR DEFENCE INDUSTRY PAT CONROY:




CEO OF ANDURIL DAVID GOODRICH

 

[MARKMILES77]

Photo from the Press Conference showing the Altius and a Sea Mine in the Background.

Australia unveils sea mines, logistics cache and drone swarm payloads for Ghost Shark XL AUV

The Australian government has unveiled new sea mine, deployable logistics cache and launched swarms of Altius uncrewed aerial vehicle payloads for the Ghost Shark extra-large autonomous underwater vehicle.

www.defenceconnect.com.au

Information on what the Altius offers:

Altius | Anduril

Altius is an autonomous air vehicle launched from ground, air, or sea for ISR, SIGINT, EW, comms relay, and coordinated strikes with modular payloads.

www.anduril.com

 

[iambuzzard]

Yes, but so is it with APIN and the RAAF bases we’ve pushed north.

I am curious why they are apparently not so important as the RAN and why they don’t struggle to recruit apparently (they do…) with remote postings but the RAN does.

The real problem we have is a credible defense against drone and missile attacks against our facilities. A container ship off the coast could launch a devastating attack against our most important bases and we can't defend them. People talk it down but it's so easy to do.

 

[iambuzzard]

Australian Government has revealed, at a press conference, some of the weapons/payloads which Ghost Shark can potentially carry/launch including:
-Sea Mines
-Altius Unmanned Aerial Vehicles with Kinetic Payloads
-Logistics Caches, presumably to resupply Special Forces.
-Light Weight and Heavy Weight Torpedos.

https://www.minister.defence.gov.au/transcripts/2026-10-19/press-conference-sydney

MINISTER FOR DEFENCE INDUSTRY PAT CONROY:

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CEO OF ANDURIL DAVID GOODRICH
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As I have said before, I think Pat Conroy is across his brief and actually gives a **** about his portfolio. There's a bit of Kim Beazley in him.