commonwealth of australia

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...

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...

https://asiapacificdefencereporter.com/fiji-takes-delivery-of-patrol-boat/

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...

https://www.defenceconnect.com.au/naval/13646-australia-commits-to-modern-and-lethal-general-purpose-frigates

View: https://twitter.com/sr_planespotter/status/1701290701605003416?s=51&t=WcFuJ85g5OrePshaUNn-8g

In early 1970, the Aussies sent a request to Saab that they wanted to procure the in-development fighter variant of the Saab 37 Viggen (JA 37) as a replacement for their aging Mirage III. Saab got green light for export and sent classified preliminary documentation in December 1970. Swedish...

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...

https://researchcentre.army.gov.au/rico

https://www.gspace.com/

https://www.aumanufacturing.com.au/qinetiq-to-manufacture-high-power-defence-lasers...

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...

https://apnews.com/article/putin-health-covid-prices-european-union-65de1c4934227208bfa68bb7d4c47716?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=TopNews&utm_campaign=position_01

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...

Via our friends at TankNet: :D

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

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...

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.

https://adbr.com.au/former-ran-armidale-class-patrol-boat-to-become-autonomous-testbed/

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...