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Hunter class Frigate.
SINGAPORE — Facing years with an aging and shrinking surface fleet, the Labor government of Anthony Albanese today announced its intention to spend $11.1 billion AUD ($7.2 billion US) over the next decade to “double” the size of its fleet and increase its lethality.
Hunter class Frigate.
SINGAPORE — Facing years with an aging and shrinking surface fleet, the Labor government of Anthony Albanese today announced its intention to spend $11.1 billion AUD ($7.2 billion US) over the next decade to “double” the size of its fleet and increase its lethality.
- Three Hobart class air warfare destroyers with upgraded air defense and strike capabilities;
- Six Hunter class frigates (down from a planned nine) with undersea warfare and strike capabilities
- 11 new general purpose frigates that will provide maritime and land strike, air defense and escort capabilities
- Six new Large Optionally Crewed Surface Vessels (LOSVs) that will significantly increase Navy’s long-range strike capacity
- It looks like they're getting serious.
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