AEGIS purchase
Pinched this from the Defence Media Release Site It also states it is able to "embark a helicopter" (in bold). Any one think it may or should have double hangar just in case? Minister for Defence...
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Quote:Placing the order for the systems now allows the United States to continue manufacturing the systems for Australia without halting its production line bringing about greater efficiency and...
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I think they are saying that the gap between the end of orders for USN ABs will see a production halt for the AEGIS system and SPY-1 radars. Ordering them now means they can be added to the end of...
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Does anyone else think we are mad to be the last to purchase AEGIS? Doesn't this insure that eventually we will be the sole user of the system?(assuming we eventually are capable of decent SLEPing)...
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Better yet lease some used ab's and push Sea 4000 back 5 years and get AEGIS II. Why is Australia always bying hi tech when it no longer high tech. SM2 20 years after initial production (Hardly state...
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Hey Skipper101 I guess the US Navy will be outdated in a few years seeing as our Tico's and Burkes have such old technology... GUESS again.... Those ships are updated just like the RAN could do if...
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Yes but Australia will have the last Aegis sets in the world, and will not be able to afford to update them for the last 15 years or so of their life (ie when the US stops paying for the R&D). Of...
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Ok so the US Navy is going to stop R&D on ships they plan to keep in service tell 2030 plus... if the RAN buys AGEIS they will have top of the line naval ships tell 2030plus just like the USN.......
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Perhaps this should be on Asian board, but do you think any Tico's or Burke's will end up in Taiwan?
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the Ticos are being upgraded with SPY-1D and Aegis 7.2. Believe me, the mythical "AEGIS II" won't be around for quite a while and DDX will not have it."The most expensive thing in the world is having...
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There is no chance of Ticos or Burkes being in Taiwan under the control of the ROC. For one, the US does not trust them to competently guard and use them for the life of the ships otherwise they would...
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Quote: the Ticos are being upgraded with SPY-1D That would be a good trick, since the defining characteristic of SPY-1D is that it has only a single transmitter so that it fits in a single deckhouse....
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And where gonna get the almost 400 men each from where? The AB's require almost twice the crew of AWD (In theory anyway).Without communications, all I control is my desk, and that is not a very lethal...
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