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  1. 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...
    • Grey Havoc
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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
  2. Grey Havoc

    Automated and Autonomous Systems for Combat Service Support: Scoping Study and Technology Prioritisation

    https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/AD1024203.pdf
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 2016 ardr 16 / 0054 australian army australian department of defence british commonwealth cold war ii commonwealth of australia computing cybernetics defence science and technology group (australia) land division (dstg) late 2010s robotics unmanned aerial vehicle unmanned ground vehicle
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  3. P

    EF88 commercial variant could bump up civilian familiarity, says industry expert

    Ok, WTF? is all I can say about this brain fart of an idea! Is Australian Defence really so desperate for enticing recruits for it's headlong war against China to come up with such a pathetic metaphoric carrot, and is Thales so desperate for sales of their product? Seriously, the last thing the...
    • Pioneer
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    • Forum: The Bar
  4. M

    Tufi airfield in New Guinea?

    I am reading an article on the LW/AW radar set designed in Australia. It states the first production unit went into full operation at Tufi in November 1942. When I google Tufi airfield, all I find is this web page, which claims it was built in the 1960s...
    • Maury Markowitz
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    • allies australian new guinea administrative unit british commonwealth commonwealth of australia new guinea campaign new guinea force oro province pacific ocean theater radar royal australian air force territory of papua united states navy world war ii
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Military
  5. GTX

    Fiji takes delivery of patrol boat

    https://asiapacificdefencereporter.com/fiji-takes-delivery-of-patrol-boat/
    • GTX
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    • 2024 austal limited cold war ii commonwealth of australia fijian navy guardian-class patrol boat pacific maritime security program pacific patrol boat replacement program republic of fiji republic of fiji military forces
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: The Bar
  6. R

    RAAF F-104A in 1957?

    In late 1956-early 1957 the RAAF received Cabinet approval to acquire 30 F104A to equip a single sqn, this was announced publicly, but in mid 1957 this order (or approval) was cancelled and instead the RAAF ordered 40 Australian built CAC Avon Sabres. It is important to note that this order, if...
  7. GTX

    Australian general purpose frigate program

    https://www.defenceconnect.com.au/naval/13646-australia-commits-to-modern-and-lethal-general-purpose-frigates
    • GTX
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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)
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Military
  8. J

    CA-12 Boomerang Evolution

    In July 1940 the hounded British government warns the Australians of an imminent embargo of any aviation materials. On 10 December 1941 the capital ships of the Royal Navy H.M.S. Prince of Wales and H.M.S. Repulse are sunk by Japanese airplanes. On 21 December of the same month, the firm...
    • Justo Miranda
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    • british commonwealth british empire commonwealth aircraft corporation commonwealth of australia curtiss-wright corporation general electric pacific ocean theater post-world war ii pratt & whitney rolls-royce royal australian air force world war ii wright aeronautical corporation
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    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  9. GTX

    Australian UGV/UGCVs (unmanned ground combat/vehicles) developments

    https://researchcentre.army.gov.au/rico
    • GTX
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    • australian army commonwealth of australia robotics
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  10. GTX

    Gilmour Space

    https://www.gspace.com/
  11. GTX

    Australian Laser Weapon Developments

    https://www.aumanufacturing.com.au/qinetiq-to-manufacture-high-power-defence-lasers...
    • GTX
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    • cold war ii commonwealth of australia
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Military
  12. GTX

    Australian Defence Strategic Review

    See here: https://www.defence.gov.au/about/reviews-inquiries/defence-strategic-review Australia is currently undertaking an independently-led review that will consider Defence's force posture and force structure. Arguably this is the most important such review in the last 80 odd years and...
    • GTX
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    • australia british commonwealth cold war ii commonwealth of australia guided missile frigate ran
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    • Forum: Military
  13. E

    G-7 joins EU on $60-per-barrel price cap on Russian oil

    https://apnews.com/article/putin-health-covid-prices-european-union-65de1c4934227208bfa68bb7d4c47716?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=TopNews&utm_campaign=position_01
    • edwest4
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    • cold war ii commonwealth of australia the group of seven (g7) ukrainian crisis
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    • Forum: The Bar
  14. Grey Havoc

    Medibank data breach incident fallout

    https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/11/15/1514222/australia-to-consider-banning-ransomware-payments Some more background: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/14/medibank-mental-health-data-posted-on-dark-web-as-russian-hackers-vow-to-keep-our-word...
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 2022 british commonwealth cloud computing commonwealth of australia computer security interesting times ransomware
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    • Forum: The Bar
  15. Grey Havoc

    New Australian Army equipment

    Via our friends at TankNet: :D
    • Grey Havoc
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    • australian army australian department of defence british commonwealth commonwealth of australia
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Military
  16. GTX

    Innovaero OWL (One Way Loitering) munition

    Innovaero developing sovereign loitering munition for Army https://innov.aero/
  17. Z

    Should Australia get The Bomb?

    In the title and best kept as theory. But at least worth exploring this. Certainly we have a AH history option which above all shows Australia doesn't lack the theoretical capacity to achieve this. But in terms of operations, it would seem best for them to either build silos or road train...
  18. 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.
    • uk 75
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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
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  19. GTX

    Australian Uninhabited Naval vessels

    https://adbr.com.au/former-ran-armidale-class-patrol-boat-to-become-autonomous-testbed/
    • GTX
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    • 2022 commonwealth of australia early 2020s patrol boat autonomy trial royal australian navy usv
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Military
  20. GTX

    Thales Hawkei

    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...
    • GTX
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    • cold war ii commonwealth of australia japanese ground self-defense force jgsdf jsdf spaam thales australia thales group
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Military
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