Originally acquired by Australia under Project Land 121 Phase 4 – Protected Mobility Vehicle (Light) or PMV-L, the Thales Hawkei is/was a competitor to the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) Program. Over 1000 have been ordered by the Australian Army and it is in consideration by others such...
The Economist's perspective. It devotes most space to looking at the political context.
https://www.economist.com/asia/2021/09/15/australia-is-getting-nuclear-subs-with-american-and-british-help
The new partnership also comes at an opportune time for Mr Biden. His withdrawal from Afghanistan...
I learned about these interested drawings from another forum, and there are links to the sources given by other members below.
But a companion of mine believes that these are "fake drawings" made using some Australia's cruiser plan drawings and Photoshop.
I feel distressed.
So are these...
Re: Australia and the WNT - please see link below;
https://www.navy.gov.au/history/feature-histories/loss-more-symbolic-material
According to the Author, the government of Australia (if it chose) could likely have won excemption and retained HMAS Australia as an “Armoured Cruiser”. As others...
1920s
british commonwealth
british empire
commonwealthofaustralia
interwar period
royal australian navy
royal navy
united kingdom
washington naval treaty
The Armidale-class should never have been built in the first place IMO. The Fremantle-class patrol boats should have been replaced by a Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) as was appreciated by the RAN - period!
Regards
Pioneer...
This is the Australian Army approximately $10-15 billion project to replace the ageing M113 APCs, with an Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) and APC. Up until yesterday, there were 4 contenders:
Rheinmetall's Lynx KF41
BAE Systems CV90 MkIV IFV
Hanwha Defense Systems AS21 Redback
General...
ABC News: "Hunter class frigates will be built by BAE in Australia — but what can the warships do and why do we need them?"
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-29/hunter-frigate-build-bae-what-you-need-to-know/9923912
Another ridiculous, embarrassing and costly cock-up by Australian Defence acquisition process:
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/defence/spanish-shipbuilders-landing-craft-sank-under-australian-tanks/news-story/ff05c1bfa4339bebb1564a1198b7e530
Regards
Pioneer :-[
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