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Thanks for that. I was unaware that Sea Dart was actually that good in performance terms.It seems that HMAS Australia would have been a true large ASW helicopter cruiser in the mould of the large Italian Terrier-armed ships, at least until such time as a Harrier component was acquired, except that the Italian ships also bristled with 76mm rapid-fire guns that would have added a well-needed inner line of defence - not ideal or true anti-sea-skimming-missile CIWS in the Phalanx sense, but certainly better than nothing.For a small navy like the RAN, too, the extra area-defence SAM system would make a HUGE difference.
Thanks for that. I was unaware that Sea Dart was actually that good in performance terms.
It seems that HMAS Australia would have been a true large ASW helicopter cruiser in the mould of the large Italian Terrier-armed ships, at least until such time as a Harrier component was acquired, except that the Italian ships also bristled with 76mm rapid-fire guns that would have added a well-needed inner line of defence - not ideal or true anti-sea-skimming-missile CIWS in the Phalanx sense, but certainly better than nothing.
For a small navy like the RAN, too, the extra area-defence SAM system would make a HUGE difference.
