Waiouru? Luxury! When I was a boy I dreamed of living in tent in middle-O- Waiouru. South Kaipara Range is where we'd all get the peace they are looking for. :laughBarbed wire surrounded encampment at Waiouru with tent accommodation and one blanket each. Ships biscuits and bully beef. What ho old boy
Don't forget to have the weather play its part with either 300+ mm of snow or a great frost.Barbed wire surrounded encampment at Waiouru with tent accommodation and one blanket each. Ships biscuits and bully beef. What ho old boy
Where's that like button when you need it :laugh
That seems highly likely for two reasons.
The capabilities of the new ship that have been released so far (ice strengthening) fits in nicely with the new DWP focus on greater NZDF presence in the southern ocean/Antartica. Going forward, this looks like it will become a much bigger part of what we do, so in that sense the new tanker design looks like a good choice.
Ngati Have you heard what the RAN might be sending over? Would be nice to see one of the phat ships over your way! Maybe a sub too?
No. Gawd a sub. All the loonies will get upset and accuse the RAN of bringing nukes into NZ waters. You don't expect them to be able to distinguish one type of sub from another, let alone one navies subs from another :hehe
I wish a visit to Lyttelton. I'd be through that tunnel like a dog shot in the bum. Guess I might have to climb into a tin budgie and visit te whenua-a-jafa :lol3
You could always use it as an excuse that hostile submarine are in NZ water and it's time you collaborated with the UK on Type 26
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Remains to be seen whether or not the Type 26 will be the right platform for NZ. We will be taking a lot of interest in the SEA5000 design and build.You could always use it as an excuse that hostile submarine are in NZ water and it's time you collaborated with the UK on Type 26
Don't know about a Collins, but I partook of a few ales in a RAN Oberon class sub back in 1981 when it was alongside in Wellington. I'm 6ft 4' and they are not built for tall fullas.
Presumably they quietly transit around wider NZ waters tracking other subs of interest "going to their stations in the Indian Ocean" etc, but in terms of actually docking it's been a while since I've heard of a Collins class visit, but according to media reports HMAS Rankin docked in Auckland back in 2008 and HMAS Farncomb in 2005.
Cheers thanks for the info thought they would have but have never heard anything.
Indeed and both often referenced projects will need to demonstrate competitiveness with respect to cost effectiveness/ VfM. That may be easier said than done.
It is worth it. Did the Yokosuna open day a few years ago had a look through the USS Larsen - very impressive. Hopefully the Japanese and Koreans will show up with something interesting. An JMSDF Atago or Hyūga Class would be great as I have only gone through the older Shrinane Class before or from the RoKN a KDXIII Sejong the Great would be fascinating - demonstrating the kind of impact one can have for under a US billion.
I'd say neither projects are necessarily a given at this early point in time so as you say if one project provides added value for money then the likes of Treasury will no doubt have a good say (although Govt can ultimately decide of course). We see this with Frigate Systems Upgrade and the resultant LM outcome etc.