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  1. R

    Alternative RAAF fleets.

    A comment in another thread abut how Australia should have transferred RAN A4s to the RAAF instead of selling them to New Zealand reminded me of a bunch of other Australian decisions. Meteor for Korean War service when we were building Nene-Vampires. Authorising 30 F104s in early 57, cancelling...
    • Rule of cool
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    • alternate history close air support cold war commonwealth of australia electronic warfare fighters royal australian air force royal australian navy strategic bomber strategic reconnaissance
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    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  2. Lascaris

    Cost of light fleet carriers?

    Trying to figure out which countries could actually handle the cost of light fleet carriers in 1946-60, so do we have any actual data at what prices the Colossus and Majestic class ships were sold by Britain in 1946-60? And for that matter how much their modernization with angled fight decks and...
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    • 1950s aircraft carrier armada de la república argentina cold war director of naval construction (royal navy) directorate of naval construction early 1960s great britain indian navy late 1940s light fleet carrier marine nationale marinha do brasil post-world war ii royal australian navy royal canadian navy royal navy royal netherlands navy royal spanish navy united states navy
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    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  3. Grey Havoc

    SEA 1180 OPV (Royal Australian Navy)

    (Last post extract was from July 2013) It seems that SEA 1180 was later reactivated in 2015, with a contract awarded to Luerssen Australia and Civmec Limited in 2018, but things are apparently not going well at all...
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    • 2010s arafura-class offshore patrol vessel asc shipbuilding australian department of defence civmec limited cold war ii commonwealth of australia early 2020s early 21st century late 2000s luerssen australia naval vessels lürssen offshore patrol combatant offshore patrol craft offshore patrol vessel opv post-cold war royal australian navy sea 1180 phase 1 war on terror
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  4. archipeppe

    Italian Carrier Strike Group in Indo-Pacific Theatre

    Currently, the Italian Carrier Strike Group "Gruppo Navale 31" after a short stop in Singapore is participating to the "Pitch Black" exercise with the Australian Navy. The CSG 31 is composed by the aircraft carirer (and flagship) ITS Count of Cavour and by the FREMM Alpino, the Cavour has a...
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    • cold war ii italian republic italy japan maritime self-defense force marina militare north atlantic treaty organisation royal australian navy
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    • Forum: Military
  5. GTX

    Australian general purpose frigate program

    https://www.defenceconnect.com.au/naval/13646-australia-commits-to-modern-and-lethal-general-purpose-frigates
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    • 2020s cold war ii commonwealth of australia enhanced lethality surface combatant fleet frigate royal australian navy sea 3000 tier 2 general purpose frigate (ran)
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    • Forum: Military
  6. uk 75

    Australian Nuclear Weapons

    Anyone interested in Australian attitudes to getting nuclear weapons should start with this thread that explains how difficult it is and the US role. https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/uk-thermonuclear-warheads.10419/post-98670 The UK experience with the US would be similar for Australia.
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    • australian army australian defence force british commonwealth cabinet defence committee (australia) cold war cold war ii commonwealth of australia department of air (australia) department of the army (australia) department of the navy (australia) nuclear nuclear battlefield nuclear power post-cold war royal australian air force royal australian navy southeast asia treaty organization tactical nuke
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    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  7. GTX

    Australian Uninhabited Naval vessels

    https://adbr.com.au/former-ran-armidale-class-patrol-boat-to-become-autonomous-testbed/
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    • 2022 commonwealth of australia early 2020s patrol boat autonomy trial royal australian navy usv
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    • Forum: Military
  8. Orionblamblam

    Indo-Pacific 2022: Modelpalooza

    A number of really nice display models for Australian combat vessels... View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmZMWSWUpnM
  9. GTX

    Royal Australian Navy Extra Large Autonomous Undersea Vehicles (XL-AUVs)

    https://www.anduril.com/article/anduril-and-the-royal-australian-navy-to-partner-on-extra-large-autonomous-undersea-vehicles/
    • GTX
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    • 2020s anduril australia cold war ii commonwealth of australia royal australian navy united states uuv
    • Replies: 28
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  10. V

    RAN Type 23 based ANZAC Class Frigate

    The MEKO 200ANZ was selected for the RAN Patrol Frigate Project in the late 80s with the Dutch M Class considered by many to be the preferred option losing out. The other option in the final three was what was termed the Mini Type 23, or even as the "cut and bob tied' Type 23. The Type 23 was...
    • Volkodav
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    • 1980s british commonwealth cold war ran patrol frigate project royal australian navy royal new zealand navy yarrow shipbuilders limited yarrow-admiralty research department
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    • Forum: Theoretical, Fake and Generic Projects
  11. R

    Australian Ship Building in trouble...

    Interesting...Troubled naval shipbuilding projects set to prompt another Defence Department shake-up
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    • 2020s 21st century cold war ii commonwealth of australia late 2010s royal australian navy
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    • Forum: Military
  12. GTX

    Australia to produce its own guided missiles

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-31/government-weapons-facility-guided-missiles-made-in-australia/100039990
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    • 2020s australian army cold war ii commonwealth of australia royal australian air force royal australian navy
    • Replies: 44
    • Forum: Military
  13. Oberon_706

    Could HMAS Australia have been saved from scrapping ?

    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...
  14. P

    Australia to decommission Armidale-class patrol boats

    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...
    • Pioneer
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    • 21st century commonwealth of australia royal australian navy
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    • Forum: Military
  15. SSgtC

    Cold Warriors: The Essex Class in the Cold War

    Author's Note: This is a timeline that I've been working on that explores a different Cold War where the United States Navy is forced to maintain a larger carrier fleet, one that the Essex class continues to play a large role in. The first few posts won't focus on the class themselves, but are...
  16. R

    Australian Hunter Class ASW Frigate

    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
    • Rickshaw
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    • anti-submarine warfare asw cold war ii commonwealth of australia early 2020s frigate late 2010s royal australian navy
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    • Forum: Military
  17. R

    First Australian SEA 4000 AWD Destroyer commissioned

    Federal Government finally given the keys to the ‘Hobart’ - the first of three Air Warfare Destroyers
    • Rickshaw
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    • commonwealth of australia royal australian navy
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    • Forum: Military
  18. P

    Transfield Shipbuilding 'Joint Patrol Vessel' design proposal of 1990's

    G'day gents I'm looking for information, drawings, pictures of models..... of the Tranfield Shipbuilding 'Joint Patrol Vessel' design submission for the Joint Australian/Malaysian program of the 1990's. The program originally entailed the need for 27 vessels for Malaysia and 12 vessels for...
    • Pioneer
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    • 1990s 1993 british commonwealth commonwealth of australia malaysia offshore patrol craft opv post-cold war royal australian navy royal malaysian navy
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  19. Triton

    Avalon 2015: Bell touts AH-1Z as maritime attack platform for Australia

    "Avalon 2015: Bell touts AH-1Z as maritime attack platform for Australia" by Gareth Jennings, Melbourne - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly 25 February 2015 Source: http://www.janes.com/article/49417/avalon-2015-bell-touts-ah-1z-as-maritime-attack-platform-for-australia A model of the Bell AH-1Z...
    • Triton
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    • australian army bell textron late 2010s royal australian navy
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  20. Mike Pryce

    Australian Invincible

    Image of the Vickers proposal for a modified Invincible Class ship to replace HMAS Melbourne. The enlarged hangar and removal of Sea Dart are of note. Also Invincible image for comparison. Found at: http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/24222
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    • anti-air warfare anti-submarine warfare area air defence british commonwealth british shipbuilders cold war commonwealth of australia early 1980s falklands conflict falklands war great britain harrier carrier mcdonnell douglas royal australian navy royal navy sea harrier united kingdom vsel vstol carriers
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
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