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Its been the case for years. Look at the "canoe" comments, the Japanese submarine plan, the pressure on OPVs, Armidales, Capes, Evolved Capes.
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Its been the case for years. Look at the "canoe" comments, the Japanese submarine plan, the pressure on OPVs, Armidales, Capes, Evolved Capes.
Twiggy is a known bullish and aggressive lobbyist, but I think he first bought in about 5 years ago. Volks you indicate this factor predates him?
Is it this influence, or just the outcome this is the last notable ship builder remaining, so last man standing syndrome.
With regards to hypersonic ballistic missiles especially Russian Zircon is there an accuracy issue that allow them to be dismissed by ships at sea
www.themoscowtimes.com
Even the navigation of Chinas Hypersonic missiles rely heavily on satellites ,what happens if these satelites themselves are attacked early and should Australia have that ability to protect itself with anti satellite weapons
asiatimes.com
Defect in Oreshnik’s Soviet-Era Guidance System Causes Serious Accuracy Issues – Report - The Moscow Times
Shortly after the unveiling of the Oreshnik hypersonic ballistic missile in 2024, President Vladimir Putin boasted that the medium-range weapon was a state-of-the-art Russian creation, not an upgrade of a Soviet-era system.
www.themoscowtimes.com
Even the navigation of Chinas Hypersonic missiles rely heavily on satellites ,what happens if these satelites themselves are attacked early and should Australia have that ability to protect itself with anti satellite weapons
China's YJ-20 hypersonic missile tilting Pacific's naval balance - Asia Times
Footage broadcast by Chinese state television in July showed a YJ-20 hypersonic anti-ship ballistic missile fired from the vertical launch system of a
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iambuzzard
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Absolutely. That ability should also protect us from long range ballistic missiles.With regards to hypersonic ballistic missiles especially Russian Zircon is there an accuracy issue that allow them to be dismissed by ships at sea
Defect in Oreshnik’s Soviet-Era Guidance System Causes Serious Accuracy Issues – Report - The Moscow Times
Shortly after the unveiling of the Oreshnik hypersonic ballistic missile in 2024, President Vladimir Putin boasted that the medium-range weapon was a state-of-the-art Russian creation, not an upgrade of a Soviet-era system.
Even the navigation of Chinas Hypersonic missiles rely heavily on satellites ,what happens if these satelites themselves are attacked early and should Australia have that ability to protect itself with anti satellite weapons
China's YJ-20 hypersonic missile tilting Pacific's naval balance - Asia Times
Footage broadcast by Chinese state television in July showed a YJ-20 hypersonic anti-ship ballistic missile fired from the vertical launch system of a
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iambuzzard
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A question without notice. What are your considered opinions on the best weapon fits for the Evolved Capes and OPVs if things go south and get nasty? What could conceivably be fitted?
We have a bunch of 25mms and can produce both the NSM missile+launcher in 2027.
iambuzzard
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Seeing as how the Evolved Capes are only a patrol boat could NSM conceivably be fitted? On an OPV, certainly.
Austal Lethal Cape class - Naval News
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Between Navy and ABF, should be a mix of 31 Capes(10)/ECapes(21) by 2030/31, although the first 10 will probably be retired pretty quickly from early 2030s.
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A question that could be asked for all of the RAN vessels.
Austal have certainly pitched the concept of an up gunned Cape with a 30mm gun upfront and a NSM launcher in lieu of one or two of the ships RHIBs
While many may see this as a waste of limited resources ,Austal would not pitch the idea if they didn’t believe the engineering was achievable or there was not a market for such a proposal.
I must confess I’m open to the idea but would prefer NLOS Spike missiles as a preferred fit out as I feel that is more appropriate for likely contingency’s.
I’d also like to see a small UAV capability for this class.
Of consideration I’m wondering if the space for the ship boats could alternatively have deployable survey or MCM equipment embarked where needed?
With 24 landing craft to be built, small escorts will be necessary and in numbers the majors will never satisfy
The patrol boat culture developed over the decades needs to evolve with the times and acknowledge greater flexibility in tasking.
Cheers S
Lots of different options. Many of the manufacturers have suggested various options.
Some will say the resources aren’t there so it‘s not possible. Financially perhaps fair enough, though I doubt even that.
We can build the entire vessels from the keel up, but putting a weapon on it? Impossible apparently...
It does strike me as passing strange that below is better armed than more than 50% of the entire RAN, including the ship it is about to be loaded onto, and yet there were seemingly few to no resource challenges in mounting those weapon systems…
