With the likelihood of at least 2 Anzac's being decommissioned with their relatively young Radar / CMS I propose they be repurposed for the Canberra class LHD's, most of this kit is only a decade old and quite a bit expensive. Placing Anzac level self defence capability onto the LHD's would allow them to deploy minis one Anzac class escort alleviating the fleet of those duties even more so now that we don't have the hulls them selves.
This would include, Radar mast, VLS module, and parts of the SAAB 9LV flight III CMS that aren't already onboard, As the Canberra's already sport the CMS there would be little additional manpower required mainly only a small number of WEEO's to operate fire control (VLS missiles,do not get maintained at sea) in addition the LHD's should be coming up for midlife upgrades relatively soon. ( I would also have liked some RAM / SEARAM as well but I shouldn't push my luck)
This would include, Radar mast, VLS module, and parts of the SAAB 9LV flight III CMS that aren't already onboard, As the Canberra's already sport the CMS there would be little additional manpower required mainly only a small number of WEEO's to operate fire control (VLS missiles,do not get maintained at sea) in addition the LHD's should be coming up for midlife upgrades relatively soon. ( I would also have liked some RAM / SEARAM as well but I shouldn't push my luck)
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